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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 07:35AM On April 27, 2011 Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, made a firm statement on the impending disaster related to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This re-emphasizes the need for policy-makers to focus on these major health priorities that are leading causes of death and morbidity in much of the world.
Friday, December 10, 2010 at 11:33AM The largest diet study, European Diogenes, reveals that current diet recommendations are not sufficient to prevent weight gain. Of five diets tested in a cohort of over 900 families, the high protein and low glycemic index diet yielded the best results. This was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
diet, obesity, weight loss in health promotion, obesity, public health Monday, November 22, 2010 at 11:50PM 
The long-awaited World Health Report 2010 is now available for download on the WHO web site. This important edition focuses on the backbone of health systems, namely, health financing. High-income nations struggle with rising health care costs and with maintaining universal coverage while low and middle-income nations seek mechanisms that promote equity and basic coverage for their populations while juggling with budget limitations.
This report provides up-to-date evidence on various financing mechanisms used across the world and offers much-needed guidance for reformists engaged in the daunting task of improving their health financing systems to achieve better coverage, health status, financial risk protection, and customer satisfaction.
WHO, WHR in health financing, health policy Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 05:19PM Kuwait City | CNN | May 6, 2010
In Kuwait, at family gatherings and social events, food is always at the top of the menu.
Friends meet at restaurants two or three times a week and if you don't want to go out, Western fast food chains like Burger King will deliver tasty, high-fat meals to your front door.
At family occasions, the more opulent the spread the greater the social status conferred. Tables groan under the weight of multi-course banquets laid on by competitive hostesses, often aided by maids.
But, in the oil-rich Gulf state where scorching summers keep people indoors, this appetite for excess is taking its toll. Kuwait is one of the fattest nations on earth -- and it is affecting people's health.
Friday, March 12, 2010 at 10:40AM Al Ain | The National | March 9, 2010
UAE University yesterday launched an institute to study some of the Middle East’s biggest health concerns, such as diabetes and road traumas.
The university launched the UAE Global Health Institute, which will be based at the university’s Al Ain campus, after evaluating the region’s needs at a health conference it hosted in January. It plans to hire an unspecified number of staff to carry out the research projects.
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