About 15 million premature babies are born every year — more than 1 in 10 of the world's births and a bigger problem than previously believed, according to the first country-by-country estimates of this obstetric epidemic.
For millions of women around the world, cooking the family meal is a daily, dangerous chore. Sweating over smoky open stoves, they put their lives and their children at risk every day.
October marks not only breast cancer awareness month, but the equally important mental health month as well. In a recent study on the happiest countries, despite it being “more fun in the Philippines,” surprisingly (at least to me), the Philippines ranked 103 out of 155 countries in the 2012 World Happiness Report published by Columbia University.
The World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific Region, which includes the Philippines, has called for greater and more targeted action to protect “the most vulnerable of all road users”—pedestrians.
Menarini has recently launched an advocacy that focuses on promoting awareness on premature ejaculation (PE) among Filipino couples.
The rising number of respiratory ailments, particularly asthma, should convince Filipinos by now that air quality in the country has gone from bad to worse.
Depression is the top global cause of illness and disability for adolescents, with suicide the third-biggest cause of death, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is strongly promoting the use of antiretroviral (ARV) medicines as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men having sex with men, on top of the use of condoms.
Robin Williams’ final gift to the world was to create a higher awareness of depression and mental health.
The other day, the world observed National Suicide Prevention Day.
