WHO is ‘Statto’ Houston?
Dr Muiris Houston Armed with the latest WHO statistics on non-communicable diseases, Dr Muiris Houston turns to the Ireland page to see if we’re doing better or worse than the rest. It may be linked...
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Dr Michal Molcho from the Health Promotion Research Centre at NUIG By Catherine Reilly. A new European project involving NUI Galway aims to develop a cross-European university teaching programme in...
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Photo by Centre Oscar Lambret/Phanie / Rex Features By Catherine Reilly. Non-communicable diseases, including cancer, are now major public health burdens in every region of the world, a leading health...
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An analysis of a major integrated primary healthcare programme in Mexico has shown that significant reductions in mortality rates may be explained by both changes in incidence rates and changes in...
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