CIB honored by Egyptian presidency for its CSR commitment over major contribution to baby incubators nationwide
The Commercial International Bank (CIB) was honored by the Egyptian presidency for securing all needed ...
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WHO, AU to cooperate to improve health, well-being in Africa, promote universal health coverage
The African Union (AU) Commission and the World Health Organization (WHO) signed a historic Memorandum ...
Mercury-free alternatives vital for protecting people’s health..Minamata Convention Conf. to spotlight innovative solutions
The third Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention, which will gather in Geneva ...
Over 800,000 pneumonia deaths for children under 5 in 2018..African, Asian states most hit
Pneumonia claimed the lives of more than 800,000 children under the age of five last ...
WHO’s insulin prequalification program to increase diabetes treatment in low, middle income states
The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a pilot programme to prequalify human insulin to increase treatment ...
UNIDO’s clean cook stoves in Tanzania to reduce deforestation
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) introduced clean energy stoves in Tanzania’s major city ...
Reducing peatland fires to save thousands of lives in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
A recent study called for improved land management to reduce the number and extent of peatland fires, ...
Discovering liver regeneration mechanism opens door for treating chronic liver diseases
A newly-discovered molecular mechanism that allows damaged adult liver cells to regenerate could pave the ...
“Greener” inhaler to cut greenhouse gas emissions, save money
Switching from current inhalers – which contain propellants that are potent greenhouse gases – to ...
Geneva to host Global Vaccine Safety Summit in Dec.
The Global Vaccine Safety Summit will be held in Geneva on December 2-3. The event ...
Avon raises about $700,000 for fighting cancer breast..AUC launches 1st Pink Ribbon Week
The Breast Cancer Awareness Month marked in October is meant to increase awareness about the ...
4 Principles for Improving Health Care Around the World
Convergent evolution occurs when similar environmental pressures produce similar adaptations in organisms from different evolutionary ...
UK allocates £184 million for urgent hospital upgrades
The UK Health Secretary has today approved £184 million of capital loan funding from the ...
UK to invest £40 m in coming five years in Int’l Alliance for Cancer Early Detection
Cancer Research UK will invest up to £40 million over the next five years into ...
FAO, Danone to start with Egypt as pilot country for program on scaling up sustainable food, agricultural practices
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed a memorandum of understanding ...
Middle East, N. Africa second world region for overweight children
The Middle East and North Africa is the second region in the world for overweight ...
WHO urges world to accelerate anti-TB efforts under SDGs as 3 m TB patients missed out
The World Health Organization (WHO) urged the world to accelerate efforts in order to attain ...
UNICEF warns around 200 million children under-five undernourished or overweight globally
The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF warned that “an alarmingly high number of children are suffering the ...
Healthy Eyes Initiative comes up with remarkable achievements on World Sight Day
Egypt has over the last period spearheaded several health initiative with special focus on sight ...
Two academics of UK’s Sheffield University awarded £610,000 for their pioneering research projects on Alzaheimer, dementia
Two academics of the UK’s University of Sheffield have been awarded £610,000 for pioneering new ...
10 most polluted cities in the world are all in northern India – study
A study published in the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, warned that the 10 most ...