Showing posts with label Health Care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health Care. Show all posts

Friday, 25 May 2012

The World Health Organization-Outbreak Investigations-Health Care-HIV

Outbreak investigations: Facing and fixing problems

If a hospital or clinic infects you or your child with HIV, you’d probably call it a disaster. Health care bureaucrats and managers call it an “adverse event.”  How often do patients get HIV from health care in Africa? The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated it happens 50,000-100,000 times each year.  Other estimates are higher. That’s [...] read more..

Thursday, 29 March 2012

The Canadian Physical Activity-Fitness Practitioners-The Canadian Society-Sedentary Behaviour

New Canadian Guidelines For Physical Activity And Sedentary Behaviour For Ages 0-4 Years

In response to an urgent call from public health, Health Care, child care, and fitness practitioners, the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP), with assistance from multiple partners, has developed two important sets of Guidelines directed at improving the health and activity levels of infants and toddlers. The Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for the Early Years (aged 0-4 years) and the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for the Early Years (aged 0-4 years) are presented in the April 2012 issue of the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism (APNM)... read more..