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linsi (Moderator)
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Re:Health Asia 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago
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Asia-Pacific has fastest increase of children, women's smoking
The Asia-Pacfic region has the world's fastest growth rate of smoking among children and women, a high-ranking World Health Organization (WHO) official highlighted Thursday, urging the region to implement better smoke-free policies, according to Yonhap News Agency.
The (Asia-Pacific) region has one third of the world's smokers, the highest percentage of male smokers and the fastest increase of smoking among children and young women," said Shigeru Omi, WHO's director for the Western Pacific, at the 58th WHO Western Pacific Regional Committee meeting held on Jeju Island, South Korea's southernmost island.
Omi, without providing detailed statistics, called for an all-out war against tobacco use in the region, stressing that nearly all WHO Asia-Pacific members are parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
In July 2007, parties to the convention, the world's first international public health treaty, adopted strong guidelines on second-hand smoke and established an organization to start work on a protocol to stop illegal tobacco trade.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2007/09/13/
200709130075.asp
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Re:Health Asia 9 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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"We are initiating a retail chain company to keep away any multinational or big enterprise from entering in the market. This will give security to our members," Mohan said.
PANAJI: Druggists and chemists across the country have decided to get their fragmented retail business more organised to prevent the MNCs from entering the domestic market.
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Services/
Retailing/Pharmacists_to_organise_retail_business/rssarticleshow/
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I just hope this becomes effective all throughout asia
retail trades are harder to regulate specially in rural areas..
medications produced between natural and synthetic substances is a very crucial point.
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Re:Health Asia 4 Months, 1 Week ago
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Hong-Kong Using Silver-Titanium Dioxide Nanocoating to Disinfect Subways
Hong Kong is applying nano silver-titanium dioxide coating, a disinfectant, to all surfaces inside the city’s subways cars, as well as to escalator handrails, ticket machines, and poles, to reduce instances of flu and other hand-transmissible illnesses.
The article says that preliminary tests in Hong Kong have indicated that the disinfectant reduces 60 percent of bacteria.
The article says that the disinfectant is applied once every three years and inspected once every eight months. Ben Mascall, a representative of Kong Kong’s railway operator MTR Corp., said that it is still unknown whether the disinfectant is effective against avian flu. According to the article,
Dr. John Trainer from the University of Rochester in the U.S. said that this type of disinfectant could become important if person-to-person transmissible strains of avian flu develop. The article says that transportation authorities in London have indicated that they may consider using the disinfectant if it is found to be effective in Hong Kong.
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