Associate Professor Norbert Wagner is an occupational health physician who has spent most of the last twenty years setting up training programmes in different countries to build capacity in prevention at the workplace. Norbert also works as a specialist and consultant in occupational health for governments and companies. Yesterday was World Day for Safety and HealthRead more
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Celebrated in the last week of April (24–30 April), the World Health Organization (WHO) World Immunization Week aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease, and raise awareness of the importance of full immunisation throughout life. This year’s theme is Protected Together: Vaccines Work. The campaign celebrates Vaccine
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World #Malaria Day is commemorated every 25 April and recognises global efforts to control malaria. Malaria is caused by the Plasmodium parasite that is transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes and often leads to a flu-like illness with fever. If left untreated, it may develop severe life-threatening complications. In 2017, there were 219 million malaria cases and 435,000 malaria deaths
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#WorldHealthDay falls on 7 April and its main theme is Universal Health Coverage (UHC), the number one goal for the World Health Organization (WHO). Today we talk to Adjunct Associate Professor Jeremy Lim, who has an in-depth knowledge of the Singapore healthcare model and gives us his reflections.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious bacterial infection which is spread through inhaling tiny droplets from the coughs or sneezes of an infected person. TB mainly affects the lungs, and is treated with antibiotics. Each year, World Tuberculosis Day falls on 24 March, the date in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch announced that he had discovered
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8 March marks #InternationalWomensDay, and we couldn’t think of anyone more fitting than Associate Professor Wong Mee Lian to feature in the very first conversation of our series “Let’s Talk Public Health”. She has spent much of her career researching marginalised and vulnerable women in our society, and has been teaching health education and promotion to postgraduate
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