ZIMBABWE – The uptake of the female condom remains low compared to male condoms as women fail to negotiate safe sex, the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council says.
Speaking during a journalists’ training seminar recently, ZNFPC marketing and public relations officer Mr Simon Chikwizo said comprehensive condom programming was needed to ensure HIV prevention in Zimbabwe.
“The [...]
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THE recent announcement of free outpatient care for senior citizens in Malaysia has sparked calls for more affordable healthcare by Singaporean netizens.
Popular blogger Lucky Tan, who blogged on his Diary of a Singaporean Mind about the recent announcement, wrote: “Singaporeans are always leery about such schemes implemented in Malaysia. Quality of care, for example, is [...]
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COMING April this year, Medifund subsidies will be available for home-based healthcare services, said the Minister of Health Mr Gan Kim Yong.
Mr Gan was responding to a question asked by Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan, MP of Nee Soon GRC, in today’s Parliamentary session.
Mr Tay asked if Medisave and Medishield schemes can be extended to [...]
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SINGAPORE – The government plans to beef up manpower as it targets to significantly expand aged care services over the next decade. But industry players say retaining workers is a big challenge.
Low Mui Lang, Executive Director of the Peacehaven Nursing Home, said: “The elderly needs to be fed, changed and showered. Some of them, you [...]
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HEART attack patients in the U.S. are more likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of surgery than patients in Canada, Australia and several other European countries, a new study revealed.
The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, analyzed data from more than 5700 patients in more than 15 [...]
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MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said that it might close down popular courses being offered by higher education institutions (HEIs)—accounting, education and nursing—next year.
A memorandum issued by the commission in September 2010 said that starting school year 2011-2012, there would be a moratorium on the offering of five programs: nursing, teacher [...]
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BANGALORE – This high-tech city will add another feather to its cap with the establishment of Asia’s first University for Para Medical and Nursing, Karnataka Minister for Medical Education S A Ramdas said today.
He told newspersons here that a 15 member Committee set up under renowned Cardiologist Devi Shetty has submitted its report and it [...]
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CASES of a deadly mosquito-borne virus increased dramatically in Australia last year, with further outbreaks possible this summer.
The Medical Journal of Australia says three people died and there were 16 confirmed cases of Murray Valley encephalitis in 2011, while there were no cases reported in 2010.
The report’s author Dr Jack Richards says the virus is [...]
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BRUNEI is on its way to embrace active ageing for its senior citizens following the construction of the new Senior Citizens Centre expected to be completed in April next year.
A number of programmes will be provided for the centre which is a joint collaboration between public and private sector, non-government organisations and volunteers.
Hj Jumat Nasir, [...]
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JAKARTA – Indonesia will build a hospital for tourists at its tourism industry center of Bali, aimed to accomodate an increasing number of tourists, Governor of Bali Made Mangku Pastika said recently.
The hospital, which will be built on a stretch of three-hectare land in a strategic location, will also boost services to both local and [...]
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