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Health Risks of Wood-Fired Cooking Revealed
Rudimentary wood-fired cook stoves and open fires emit fine particles, carbon monoxide, and other pollutants at levels up to 100 times higher than the recommended limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Non Communicable Diseases Outsmart Infectious Diseases
Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) - cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes - are no longer diseases of the wealthy.
Coordinated Civil Society Input Vital for UN Summit on NCDs
A civil society movement is growing in lead up to the United Nations (UN) Summit on non-communicable diseases (NCDs), said the Chairperson of NCD Alliance Ann Keeling, who was speaking at the WHO-wide Planning Meeting for the UN High level Meeting o
Tuberculosis Kills 1.8 Million People Worldwide in 2010
The year 2010 came to an end, but the need to attend to lung health has certainly become more pressing as we enter in the year 2011.
TB Photovoice Touches Lives Through Photographs that Give Voice to TB
The TB Photovoice (TBPV) Project was awarded the TB Survival Prize 2010... TBPV provides cameras to community members (survivors, caregivers, friends, family) affected by TB, who take photographs that help them identify and improve their communities
