UK must support talent, says minister

Global tuberculosis partnership says industrialized world must do more.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled a new blueprint to halve the 1.8 million deaths caused by tuberculosis (TB) each year but says it needs an additional US$14 billion from industrialized world over the next five years to achieve that target. The Global Plan to Stop TB 2011 — 2015: Transforming the Fight — Towards Elimination of Tuberculosis, announced simultaneously at the World H...

Investment is crucial to strengthen the nursing workforce, says health minister.

More public health nurses are needed to respond to an ageing population and risk factors such as obesity and dementia, health minister Dan Poulter has said.

Species - rich private reserve for sale in Paraguay and other measures , says Environment Minister Manuel

Species-rich private reserve for sale in Paraguay and other measures, says Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal. The measure’s long-term impact may be in doubt, because Peru’s presidential runoff is scheduled for June 5 and the new government will take office July 28, just days after the 60-day emergency period expires. The two candidates, Keiko Fujimori and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, differ on...

National laws must be improved to protect children against violence, UN says.

Doctors and politicians must unite in public health messages on Ebola, says expert.

The UK doctor who is leading efforts to control the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in west Africa and to ensure that the NHS is ready to deal with cases that might emerge in the United Kingdom has called for doctors and politicians to be consistent in their messages to the public. Brian McCloskey, director of global health for Public Health England and currently working in Geneva to help coord...