LANGKAWI: The Kedah and Perlis Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency’s continued monitoring has seen the maritime community in the region increasingly adhere to the Movement Control Order (MCO), enforced since March 18 to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection. Its deputy director Maritime Capt Zulinda Ramly said in the early days of the MCO enforcement, there…
GEORGE TOWN: The supply of basic necessities in Penang is sufficient although there were cases of panic buying at some of the state’s supermarkets until yesterday. Penang Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs office director Mohd Ridzuan Ab Ghapar said investigations conducted by enforcement officers found that four supermarkets on the island were the target of…
Ambitious targets have been set by the UK and Scottish governments to become net-zero carbon economies by 2050 and 2045 respectively. But a variety of initiatives will be required on the part of government, industry and society to achieve this target. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-hurdles-people-electric-cars.html Views: 0
PUTRAJAYA: Activities in the production, processing and distribution of food including imports and exports will continue as normal during the movement control order, which came into effect from March 18 to 31 to ensure continuity in the food supply chain ecosystem, said the Agriculture and Food Industry Ministry. “Therefore the supply process from wholesalers to…
The rapid spread of COVID-19 is testing the resilience of robust health systems around the world. WHO and its partners are taking measures to mitigate the potential impact of sustained transmission of the coronavirus in malaria-endemic settings – particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, which shoulders more than 90% of the global malaria burden. To date, a…
New evidence on the relationship between sexual health and social context finds a strong association between gender equality, education and family planning Twenty-five years ago, two global events – the International Conference on Population and Development and the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing – formally recognized that women’s health and reproductive choices cannot…
February: Garnering international support on the path to eliminate cervical cancer On 5 February, the WHO Executive Board recommended to the 73rd World Health Assembly the adoption of the draft Global Strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem, and urged its implementation. The proposed resolution urges Member States…
The 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety convened 1700 delegates from around 140 countries, including more than 70 ministers and vice-ministers and heads of international agencies, civil society organizations, foundations and private companies. Hosted at the request of the UN General Assembly by the Government of Sweden in collaboration with WHO, the theme was…
Netflix and Amazon are battling a dizzying array of homegrown outfits, from Bollywood producers to broadcasters, for dominance of India’s streaming market, a key target as growth in Western countries slows. Read More Views: 0
Vaccination, screening, treatment and palliative care are the key interventions of WHO’s Draft Global Strategy towards the Elimination of Cervical Cancer as a Public Health Problem, the fourth most common cancer in women. On World Cancer Day, new estimates show that this strategy could save more than 62 million girls and women from a cervical…