Developing world needs to cut heart disease--WHO
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Developing countries, especially in Asia, must promote healthy lifestyles from childhood to halt rising obesity and heart disease rates, medical experts said on Thursday.
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A large dietary survey shows that a high intake of fruit and vegetables reduces the risk of heart disease, but not cancer. We are urged to eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day to protect
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Â·  Study shows cut in risk of cardiovascular disease Â·  Remedy could save a million lives in five years
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The World Heart Foundation (Geneva) with the support of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNESCO, would in this year&#39;s Heart Day celebration be emphasising on the importance of the heart.
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Millions of mothers, newborn babies and children die each year in Africa from preventable diseases despite promises of better healthcare by governments and donor countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
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Global efforts to promote childhood immunization, breast-feeding and anti-malaria measures have helped cut by nearly a quarter the death rate of children under age 5 since 1990, UNICEF said on Wednesday.
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Children as young as 15 months should be screened for high cholesterol in an attempt to cut the number of Britons suffering from heart disease, doctors say today.
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GENEVA  - Children must be at the forefront of efforts to prevent heart disease, health agencies said as they accused governments of neglecting the 17 million deaths from cardiovascular illness a year.
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PRETORIA -- The World Health Organization urged poor countries yesterday to offer deworming pills to pregnant women after a recent study in Nepal showed a 41 percent drop in the deaths of infants of mothers who took the pills before giving birth.
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The World Health Organization meeting is being held in response to recent reports of deadly strains of tuberculosis.
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Developing countries are making real gains in promoting reproductive health and womenâs rights, but they are hampered by inadequate support from rich nations and serious problems persist, Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations
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A system linking the some of the globe's best doctors with the developing world is saving lives.
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World leaders meeting on Thursday to  discuss aid efforts for Asia's tsunami-hit countries were  warned the death toll could double to about 300,000 unless  action was taken this week to prevent disease.  The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday it had  sent emergency treatment to the region for diarrheal diseases  such as cholera and dysentery but while the aid was reaching  many places, access to safe drinking water remained inadequate.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 11 (IPS) - Many developing countries are failing to decrease  the number of deaths in line with the Millennium Development  Goals, says a new World Bank report.
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UEFA is pleased to be giving its backing to the World Heart Foundationâs World Heart day this weekend. Physical inactivity doubles your chance of developing heart disease and stroke, warns the World Heart
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World Health Organization (WHO) experts will recommend ways to fight dangers linked to alcohol, including heart and liver disease, road accidents, suicides and sexually-transmitted infections, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
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The United Nations Children's Fund said Tuesday that developing countries must play an active role alongside global partnerships to further cut child mortality and raise overall care.