Tobacco experts recently voiced their concern about the rising prevalence of smoking in the developing world, especially Latin America, which puts these populations at risk of being overwhelmed by a burgeoning cancer epidemic.
PRESS RELEASE: Worldwide, tobacco use kills about six million people per year, and most of the deaths are in Asia.
Millions of people do not have access to proper sanitation and in South African schools the situation is especially dire. Health-e News Service conducted an informal survey of the state of 17 schools'€™ toilets that fall within four of the National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts. At all 17 schools the toilets were in a shocking condition. By OurHealth Reporters.
SECTION27'€™s work to improve sanitation in schools is starting to pay off, but progress is slow.
Regular exposure to secondhand smoke appears to lower teen girls' levels of the "good" cholesterol - the substance that reduces heart disease risk, researchers report.
Health-e News Service conducted an informal survey of the state of 17 schools'€™ toilets that fall within four of the National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts. Read how each district performed.
Part 2 of the South African Demographic and Health Survey.
This compilation includes annual estimates for prevalence of HIV infection among persons 15-49 years old and total estimated numbers of infected, all ages. Data for most countries are estimates obtained from UNAIDS/WHO, or for early years, extrapolations from UNAIDS/WHO data. For other countries data are rough estimates done by Gapminder based on information from a number of different sources, as indicated in this document.
These estimates include all people with HIV infection, whether or not they have developed symptoms of AIDS, in 2007 and 2001.
South Africa Department of Health Annual Report 2007
South African Department of Health Annual Data
WHO country profile focussing on Tuberculosis control: covering surveillance, epidemiology and the implementation of the Stop TB strategy.
World health statistics 2008 presents the most recent health statistics for South Africa, including mortality rates, life expectancy, immunisation rates and national health expenditure.
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Types of Cancer common in South Africa and their prevalence.
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