Getting medical aid kits to Aleppo, Syria proves to be difficult
May 24, 2013 at 6:38 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
“More than 60 percent of the hospitals [in Aleppo] are out of service. Many are at the frontline and used by armed personnel,” said Fares Kady, medical coordinator for the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and the focal point for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Aleppo. IRIN tracked the shipment, from the first phone call from a WHO official in Switzerland, all the way to the doctors...
Read More...Mixed messages on home deliveries in Philippines
May 24, 2013 at 6:32 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
“It is clear that having births in a healthcare facility under an SBA is critical in ensuring safety of both mother and child, and thus lowering maternal death,” said Honorata Catibog, director for the DOH Family Health Office. According to the 2011 Family Health Survey (FHS), the number of Filipino women who died from childbirth rose from 162 in 2009 to 221 in 2011. The 2008 National...
Read More...Altoona Regional CT Scanning Dept. Earns ACR Accreditation
May 24, 2013 at 6:00 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
ALTOONA – Altoona Regional has been awarded three-year terms of accreditation in CT Scanning as a result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified...
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Careless food storage sidelines Swaziland’s hungry
May 23, 2013 at 4:10 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
Mounds of food aid intended for Swaziland’s food insecure were recently found rotting in the government’s main storage warehouses at the Matsapha Industrial Estate, about 25km east of the capital, Mbabane. According to a March 2013 briefing by the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) , “Approximately 116,000 persons are currently esti...
Read More...Containing cholera in Niger crucial as number of stricken rise
May 22, 2013 at 9:14 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
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Read More...North Korea culled birds on flu threat
May 22, 2013 at 2:08 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
North Korea has set up an emergency committee to address bird flu threat. The state controlled news agency also reported that North Korea has culled hundreds of thousands of birds in an effort to contain a deadly strain of bird flu.. The state news agency said this week that its scientists found ducks in the Tudan Duck Farm in the North Korean capital infected with the H5N1 virus from migratory bir...
Read More...Saudi national dies from SARS-like virus; toll reaches 16
May 21, 2013 at 9:22 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
Saudi Arabian Health Ministry on Monday confirmed the death of 16th man after another man contracted with deadly SARS-like coronavirus passed away. “One of the patients who had contracted the virus has died, in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia where most of the kingdom’s cases have been registered,” the ministry said. The ministry did not disclose the identity of the victim,...
Read More...DPW Releases Letter to Independent Fiscal Office
May 21, 2013 at 6:00 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
HARRISBURG – Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Beverly D. Mackereth has released a letter to the Independent Fiscal Office regarding the organization’s recent analysis of the Medicaid program. Mackereth reiterated Gov. Tom Corbett’s goal that all Pennsylvanians have access to affordable, quality healthcare. However, she expressed concerns over several assumptions included in the...
Read More...The Doors founding member Ray Manzarek dead at 74
May 20, 2013 at 5:06 PM by AHN · Leave a Comment
Ray Manzarek, 74, keyboardist and one of the founding members of The Doors, died Monday afternoon at a hospital in Germany after a long battle with bile duct cancer. In 1965, Manzarek formed The Doors with poet Jim Morrison after meeting him on Venice Beach. The band, composed of Manzarek, Morrison, Robby Krieger and John Densmore, then went on to be “one of the most controversial rock act...
Read More...Malaria overstretching healthcare in DRC
May 20, 2013 at 8:38 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
Malaria accounts for about a third of outpatient consultations in DRC clinics, Leonard Kouadio, a UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) health specialist, told IRIN. He added, “It is the leading cause of death among children under five years and is responsible for a significant proportion of deaths among older children and adults.” Kouadio continued: “Recent retrospective mortality...
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