Public Health: Impact

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Volunteer with Donate A Toothbrush, make a change

Almost everyone is aware of the hunger, poverty, and general poor health of many children who live in third world countries. What we don't think of is their dental health.
Global stillbirths: 2.6 Million A Year, Overlooked And Often Preventable

About 2.6 million babies are born dead each year, a largely ignored and silently grieved loss of life, about half of which could be prevented.
Environmental Health In Emergencies And Disasters

Emergencies and disasters can occur anywhere in the world, affecting human health, people’s lives and the infrastructure built to support them.
Guidance For Healthcare Waste Management In Low Income Countries

Healthcare waste is a by-product of healthcare that includes sharps, non-sharps, blood, body parts, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and radioactive materials.
10 Facts On Preventing Disease Through Healthy Environments

Environmental hazards are responsible for about a quarter of the total burden of disease worldwide, and as much as 30% in regions such as sub-Saharan Africa.
Worst Outbreak of Cholera Continues to Ravage Haiti

Humanitarian relief groups, short of cash, are folding their tents.
Testing Reveals Secret Toxic Chemicals in Brand-name Household Cleaners

Have you ever wondered why, when you look at the back of your favorite laundry detergent or all-purpose cleaner, you only find a few ingredients on the label?
Advanced Prostate Cancer Drug May Help at Earlier Stage

WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- A drug approved to treat advanced prostate cancer appears to help men who
Pakistan: Quetta - GCC Helps Community in Quetta To Cover Drains

Ms. Hasina lives in Marriabad, Quetta (Pakistan) an area where the residents have crushed the mountain and made their houses from stone due to bad economic conditions.
WHO Projects To Find New Solutions To Dengue And Chagas Disease

Ideas for controlling the vectors that spread dengue and Chagas disease brought researchers from 7 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean together recently in a "Community of Practice".
World No Tobacco Day

31 May 2012
Iraq: Sulaimaniya - GCC Youth Helps Repair School Toilets

There are thousands of schools in Iraq ,where toilets are badly damaged and unhealthy . GCC leaders as part of Public Health issue, they came up with an idea to help repair school toilets. So they coordinated with DOE Director, he appreciated the idea and provided the GCC leaders with a list of school which have poorly maintained toilets...
Health Care Equity Issues in Middle East

Ibrahim Al-Abbadi Bpharm, MBA, PhD, 2007 ISPOR International Fellowship Award recipient and Assistant Dean for Training Affairs, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Public Health: First Aid Basics

We all take certain measures to prevent accidents but despite our best efforts emergencies arise. You trip and fall... unintentionally come in contact with exposed wiring... step on a rusty nail... or literarily bite off more than you can chew... And when an accident happens, time is not on your side. Besides a well-stocked and...
Jordan: GCC Jordan Action Day for Public Health

On March 22nd leaders from GCC Jordan launched their first Action Day. At the end of the Public Health unit they decided to raise awareness on one of the major issues they find problematic in their community. As in the GCC sessions, the leaders focused on aspects of a healthy lifestyle to pass this information on to their peers and...