NSF urged to raise environmental efforts ⃛

Raise taxes on high-alcohol products, British Columbia urged.

Fast action urged to halt deadly TB.

News Fast action urged to halt deadly TB Technology holds the key to many of the challenges presented by a particularly virulent form of tuberculosis that broke out in South Africa last year. Countries across the region are making progress in keeping the threat at bay, but not fast enough. Woman and child infected with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis receiving treatment at the Brooklyn Chest H...

A Local Committee Urged to Continue

to the hospitals in their districts in return for the hospital service rendered to their employees, as many large firms are in the habit of doing. It was decided to ask the Ministry of Health to make this suggestion to the Corporations. Many Lancashire hospitals were found to be asking non-contributing patients to pay from 6s. a day downwards, and an hospital of seventy beds has received ?2,000...

Mothers' efforts to protect their infants from environmental tobacco smoke.

Infant exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is reported to be associated with abnormal neonatal airway structure , lower respiratory illness, chronic bronchitis, asthma, recurrent otitis media, and sudden infant death syndrome. 1-5 In light of the evidence, parents are well advised to limit their children's exposure to cigarette smoking. Currently, there is a dearth of research that ca...

Environmental Gap Analysis to Prioritize Conservation Efforts in Eastern Africa

Countries in eastern Africa have set aside significant proportions of their land for protection. But are these areas representative of the diverse range of species and habitats found in the region? And do conservation efforts include areas where the state of biodiversity is likely to deteriorate without further interventions? Various studies have addressed these questions at global and continen...