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While humanitarian assistance has been successful in averting a catastrophe, Haiti is experiencing a persistent rise in hunger levels, with many citizens suffering acutely, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.

By 2020 or sooner, the entire nation could have laws banning smoking in all indoor areas of private sector worksites, restaurants and bars, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found. These places are major sources of

Opportunity to enhance tobacco cessation treatment in these settings

More than a third of American adults are eligible to take cholesterol-lowering medications under the current guidelines or were already taking them - but nearly half of them are not, according to a report by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Independent UN human rights experts called on Friday for a European body of intergovernmental experts to stop legislation supporting coercive mental health measures.

Since the first cases reported in December 2019, infection with the severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2) has become a worldwide pandemic. The disease caused by this novel virus, the Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) has overwhelmed

Hand hygiene (HH) is one of the most effective strategies to limit contact transmission of pathogenic microorganisms in health care facilities1,2 and to reduce health care-associated infections.3-5 Notwithstanding, compliance with HH guidelines has

Hand disinfection (HD) is known to be the single most effective prevention measure to avoid nosocomial infections, but compliance rate (CR) remains low. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of hand disinfection opportunities (HDO) and