Cholesterol is both our friend and foe - at normal levels, it is an essential substance for the body's normal functioning, but if levels in the blood get too high, it becomes a silent danger that puts us at risk. Tune into this week's Slice of Health radio show on 11th September between 9- 10am to understand what causes high
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Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. According to the world report on disability, produced jointly by WHO and the World Bank, more than a billion people in the world today experience disability. People with disabilities have generally poorer health, lower education achievements, fewer economic opportunities and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities because of many obstacles
World Tuberculosis Day, falling on March 24 each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic oftuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the disease. In 2012, 8.6 million people fell ill with TB, and 1.3 million died from the disease, mostly in the Third World. The World TB Day theme for 2015 will be "Reach, Treat, Cure Everyone".
World Immunization Week, celebrated in the last week of April, aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. Immunization is widely recognized as one of the most successful and cost-effective health interventions. It prevents between 2 million and 3 million deaths every year and now protects children not only against diseases for which
On April 25th people across the globe take part in a wide range of activities to mark World Malaria Day.A day to keep up the fight against this killer disease.
