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Health and Safety
Safety is the first pillar of a good life for emergency professionals, rescuers and Fire Fighters. We are operating in a complex and hard environment. Risk prevention and improving working conditions are fundamental for better health and life.
Massive emergency in Strasbourg after a terroristic attack at Christmas market: 3 victims and 11…
On Tuesday night a man with an automatic gun and a knife shot on the crowd gathered at the Christmas market
UNESCO awards Switzerland and Austria for their effort in managing avalanches risks
Avalanches are one of the major causes of death on mountains, this is why their dangerousness have given rise to collective forms of risk management
Malaria Outbreak in DRC: what about the control campaign launched to save lives and aid Ebola…
From the World Health Organization arrives the alarm that malaria cases reached the peak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Bangladesh: the Rohingya refugee camp has a brand-new facility to improve healthcare
After much time of projecting and funds, the Rohingya refugee camp obtained a new 33-room in-patient hospital
ICRC - Serious humanitarian crisis in Yemen because of war
Shortage of food, no shelters, water is scarse and not clean, children close to famine
#WorldToiletDay2018 - "When nature calls, we need a toilet": together to improve sanitation
Toilets save lives. Yes, not also humans and animals do. Human waste spreads killer diseases and this can take to a sanitation crisis...
Social media and smartphone app prevents disease outbreaks, a pilot study in Africa said
The study about the apps that prevent disease outbreaks, which is an international cooperation project with researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and others, is published in the scientific journal Conflict and Health.
Abu Dhabi calls for increased push to promote quality patient experience
UAE has made improving healthcare delivery a key plank of its Vision 2030
Singapore’s Healthcare System - 6th position among all countries for its performances
According to the World Health Organization’s ranking of the world’s health systems in 2000, Singapore was ranked 6th among all countries.
Reversing Africa’s health sector brain drain: surgical training programme
Africa’s health sector brain-drain continues to be of concern, given that the continent carries roughly a quarter of the burden of the world’s diseases but only 1.3% of the world health workforce. Sub Saharan Africa is perhaps more affected…