This year’s theme – Achieving Progress and Impact – is aimed at attaining zero malaria death by 2015. However, international health organizations, governments and communities cannot make this goal a reality without the support of every individual. Now, will you do your part? Every year, there are about 800,000 lives lost to malaria, millions share […]
Challenge yourself to fight the superbugs. It sounds impossible that we can actually win over the antimicrobial resistant bugs, because we can see that they are becoming even stronger every time we try to eliminate them. They are able to naturally develop, for themselves, ways on how to continue living and thriving, using and beating […]
Nobody better understands what it feels like to suffer from mental illness than the ones responsibly caring for the sufferers, usually the family and the health care professionals working in mental institutions. They see, first hand, the debilitating effects of mental disorientation, much less untreatable mental incapacity. Both the physical and social health will not […]
In the hopes of completely eradicating rabies, the world is observing the 2010 World Rabies Day on the 28th of September. Co-sponsored by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Alliance for Rabies Control (ARC), the event highlights the impact of human and animal rabies. It promotes effective way of preventing and stopping the […]
U.S. President Barack Obama spoke of the health care reform that will take effect September 23, 2010, enumerating a part of the act that he called the “most important patient’s bill of rights ever seen in history.” Obama touts of removing rules on lifetime limits and pre-existing conditions among children. He also said affordable health […]
September 26 is World Heart Day, yet another day dedicated to caring for the heart. The World Heart Federation teams up with the World Health Organization to improve awareness in cardiovascular diseases in 100 countries. Activities will include health checks, organized walks, runs and fitness sessions, public talks, stage shows, scientific forums, exhibitions, concerts, carnivals […]
