Category: Health & Well-Being

11 October, 2016 ¦ Geneva: Taxing sugary drinks can lower consumption and reduce obesity, type 2 diabetes and tooth decay, says a new World Health Organization (WHO) report. Fiscal policies that lead to at least a 20% increase in the retail price of sugary drinks would result in proportional reductions in consumption of such products, according to the report titled Fiscal policies for Diet and Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). Reduced consumption of sugary drinks means lower intake of…

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Geneva, September 27, 2016. Rabies – a preventable but fatal disease – for which effective vaccines have existed for over 100 years – still takes the lives of an estimated 60,000 people each year, mostly children in rural Africa and Asia. Evidence suggests that the threat is especially prominent in areas struck by conflict and natural disasters. Experts warned that unless coordination and awareness-raising go beyond the ministries of health and agriculture, too many animals and humans will continue…

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