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• Seven Bowls of Wrath: the ecological relevance of Revelation

  - 2008-06-22

  Abstract Catastrophic effects of climate change invite comparisons with the "plagues" or wounds of the earth described in chapters 15 and 16 of the Book of Revelation. The seven Bowls of Wrath can be interpreted as an ecological parable for the decades ahead, as the impact of several centuries...

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• Bush designates Leavitt to attend WHO meeting

  - 2008-05-18

  WASHINGTON -- President Bush has designated Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, Utah's former governor, as part of the U.S. delegation to attend the 61st World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization this week in Geneva, Switzerland. Leavitt and other participants will discuss everything from pandemic...

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• World Health Organization: World Health Statistics 2007

  - 2008-05-01

  World Health Organization: World Health Statistics 2007. Geneva: no date. 86 pp. World Health Statistics 2007 is a selection of country-specific health data held in the various databases of WHO. It covers the seven broad topics of mortality, morbidity, health service coverage, risk factors, health systems, inequality in health,...

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• Climate change will increase dengue cases in Philippines: WHO

  - 2008-04-01

  MANILA AFP — Climate change will cause an increase in dengue fever and other infectious diseases in the Philippines, a World Health Organization WHO official warned Tuesday. "What we can see is that the expected climate change is likely to increase the risks of dengue for many millions of...

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• Lilly Grants US$4.4 Million to the WHO for MDR-TB Program Expansion.

  - 2008-03-12

  INDIANAPOLIS and LONDON, March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Eli Lilly and Company announced its four-year grant of US$4,384,000 to the World Health Organization WHO for scaling up its global capacity to manage multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) programs. The grant covers four...

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• The profession of dental hygiene in Bahrain: a dental hygiene educator working and living in the Kingdom of Bahrain

  - 2008-03-01

  Bahrain is a small island, approximately 15 miles wide and 35 miles long, located 13 miles off the east coast of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf. This small kingdom has rich history dating back thousands of years. It housed the Dilmun civilization, which was part of the Bronze Age...

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• Reproductive health in the African region: what has been done to improve the situation?

  - 2007-12-01

  Africa accounts for about one tenth of the world's population and 20 per cent of global births; yet, nearly half of the mothers who die during pregnancy and childbirth are from this region. The World Health Organization WHO estimates that poor reproductive health accounts for up to 18 per cent...

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• 10th Meeting of Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Seniors in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

  - 2007-11-30

  SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN, Nov 30, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Federal, Provincial and Territorial (F/P/T) Ministers Responsible for Seniors met for a day and a half to discuss issues affecting the overall well-being of Canada's seniors, including elder abuse, social isolation and healthy aging. Ministers also endorsed...

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• Measles Deaths in Africa Plunge by 91%

  - 2007-11-29

  To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Hayatee Hasan of WHO, Geneva, Tel.: +41 22 791 2103, hasanh@who.int; or Jessica Malter of UNICEF, New York, Tel.: +1-212- 326-7412, jmalter@unicef.org; or Michael Oko of American Red Cross, Washington DC, Tel.:+ 1-202-303-6820, okom@usa.redcross.org; or Steven Stewart of CDC, Atlanta, Tel.: +1 404-639-8327, znc4@cdc.gov; or Amy DiElsi...

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• Tamiflu Effective for Treatment and Prevention of Influenza in Children One Year and Older - New Formulations Provide More Convenient Dosing.

  - 2007-11-15

  BASEL, Switzerland, November 15 /PRNewswire/ -- - Children Particularly at Risk From Influenza - Severe Season in Australia Claimed 6 Lives Tamiflu oseltamivir significantly reduces illness severity and duration in children one year and older, particularly if given within 24 hours...

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