Punishing hot weather affects not only a person’s health or work productivity but also affects couples’ fertility and birth outcomes, a project by the National University of Singapore (NUS) found.…
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Micronutrient Deficiency Causes Stunted Growth in Vietnamese Youth
by Iam Sannby Iam SannAbout 9.5 per cent of children under five years old in Việt Nam have preclinical vitamin A deficiency (no signs of disease) and 58 per cent have zinc deficiency. Micronutrient…
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Who Voted for WHO?
by Jay Akaraby Jay AkaraToronto, Alaska (16/11 – 50) Our lives are being maneuvered and we are being manipulated by unelected, insidious forces, toward objectives not necessarily in the people’s interest. Now that the…
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Three Decisive Factors to Reducing Mother-to-Child HIV Infection
by Mon Mauby Mon MauViệt Nam is striving to reduce the rate of children infected with HIV from their mothers. A programme to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV is implemented in three pillars: protecting children,…
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Hà Nội has become a hot spot for dengue fever, with 2,766 cases detected last week, increasing 165 cases compared to the week before. According to the Hà Nội Center…
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Life Expectancy in Việt Nam High but Many Elderly Live With Illness
by Jay Akaraby Jay AkaraVietnamese people have a relatively long life expectancy but many elderly people have to ‘co-habit’ with different illnesses for many years. According to the General Department of Population and Family Planning, the…
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