Healthcare
Azerbaijan`s Public Health and Reforms Center holds meeting
18.05.2012 [15:57]
A meeting of local and foreign heath organizations was held in the Public Health and Reforms Center of Azerbaijan Ministry of Health. The meeting featured discussion on progress achieved
 
Finnish researchers identify the cause for LGL leukemia
17.05.2012 [16:00]
Researchers of the University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Central Hospital and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, have discovered that a mutation in the STAT3 gene is an underlying cause for LGL leukemia. Since the STAT3 gene is also abnormally expressed in many other cancers
 
UNICEF, Azerbaijani Health Ministry holds roundtable to discuss achievements in maternal and child health protection
16.05.2012 [19:00]
The Health Ministry of Azerbaijan has conducted a round table to discuss achievements and problems with maternal and child health protection. The event attended by representatives of the Health Ministry, UNICEF, focused on the
 
Birdhouses for migratory birds to be installed in Azerbaijan
15.05.2012 [19:36]
International Dialogue on Environmental Action campaign (IDEA) has launched a project “Design starling houses for birds”. The local and foreign designers, environmentalists are invited to submit design starling
 
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Medical institutions prepare for Eurovision 2012 in Baku
05.05.2012 [15:05]
Several medical institutions will operate in intensified work regime during the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, the Main Health Department of Baku reported. As stated, the ambulance and emergency aid stations of Baku, Clinical
 
Study reveals joggers live 5 years longer
05.05.2012 [13:29]
Jogging is good for you. So good, in fact, that it may extend your life by more than five years. Jogging regularly increases the lifespan of men by about six years and women by about five and a half, according to data from a Danish study that has tracked the cardiovascular health of 20,000 people since 1976. You don`t have to be Usain Bolt or...
 
UN report reveals 15 million babies are born preterm each year
03.05.2012 [17:42]
A UN-sponsored report released Wednesday revealed fifteen million babies, or one in 10 babies around the world are born premature every year, and 1.1 million of those infants die. Premature birth is the leading cause of death for newborn infants and is on the rise globally, said the report led by the March of Dimes, The Partnership for Maternal
 
UN Secretary-General issues recommendations to bolster AIDS response in order to meet 2015 targets
02.05.2012 [14:01]
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has issued his first report on HIV to the UN General Assembly since the 2011 High Level Meeting on AIDS. In the report, he highlights the urgent need to achieve immediate, tangible results and for the AIDS response to be smarter, more strategic, more
 
Use it or lose it when it comes to Brain Function in Old Age
30.04.2012 [15:42]
Researchers found that elderly people fared better with their cognitive performance when they were engaged socially, mentally, and physically. In a study that appeared in the April 27, 2012 issue of the Cell Press journal Trends in
 
Ray Fearing makes medical history with recycled kidney transplant
28.04.2012 [16:00]
When Ray Fearing`s body didn`t take the kidney that was supposed to save his life, he was understandably depressed. But instead of letting that consume him, the 27-year-old jumped at the opportunity to donate the kidney to someone else who needed it, inadvertently
 
National strategy on elimination of malaria implementing in Azerbaijan
26.04.2012 [10:05]

 
UN Secretary-General issues message on World Malaria Day
25.04.2012 [16:10]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has issued a message on World Malaria Day. The message reads: “Last year on World Malaria Day, we mourned the fact that one child died every 45 seconds from this disease. This year, we have managed to slow the clock. It remains a monumental tragedy that one child dies
 
Baku to host international conference marking 89th anniversary of prominent ophthalmologist, academician Zarifa Aliyeva
23.04.2012 [23:12]
Baku will host an international scientific conference marking the 89th anniversary of prominent ophthalmologist, academician Zarifa Aliyeva. The conference, called Topical problems of Ophthalmology, will take place on April 28. The event will feature discussions on a wide range of issues, including diagnostics of eye
 
Azerbaijan joins environmental conference in Denmark
20.04.2012 [14:56]
Chairman of Executive Board of “Tamiz Shahar” JSC Zakir Ibrahimov is participating in the Waste and Climate Beacon conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The conference has brought together 105 delegations from 20 countries. During panel meeting, Zakir Ibrahimov informed participants
 
President Ilham Aliyev allocates AZN 2m for reconstruction of Astara Central Hospital
18.04.2012 [22:03]
President Ilham Aliyev has today signed an order on extra measures concerning the reconstruction of the Astara Central Hospital
 
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