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ترکی کی غیر متعدی بیماریوں کی پالیسی کے اہداف کے حصول کے اثرات کا تخمینہ
ورلڈ ہیلتھ آرگنائزیشن کے مطابق اگر ترکی تمباکو اور نمک کے استعمال میں 30 فیصد اور جسمانی غیر فعالیت میں 10 فیصد کمی لانے کے اپنے موجودہ اہداف کو حاصل کر لیتا تو 2017 میں ترکی میں تقریبا 20 ہزار اموات کو روکا جا سکتا تھا۔
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World Hepatitis Day 2020
World Hepatitis Day is commemorated each year on 28 July to enhance awareness of viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver that causes a range of health problems, including liver cancer.
There are five main strains of the hepatitis...
Harm to Others from Drinking: Patterns in Nine Societies
The adverse impact of alcohol consumption include the negative consequences of drinking on individuals other than the drinkers themselves, including both health and social problems. Alcohol’s harm to others (HTO) is an interactional...
WHO Global Report on Trends in Prevalence of Tobacco Use 2000-2025
Tobacco is the only legal drug that kills many of its users when used exactly as intended by manufacturers. WHO has estimated that tobacco use (smoking and smokeless) is currently responsible for the death of about six million people across...
Alcohol Country Fact Sheets
UNIATF: Call for Nominations for the Task Force Awards 2019
World Health Organization SAFER Alcohol Control Initiative
The WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health claims that alcohol consumption contributes to more than 3 million deaths globally every year and is the seventh leading risk factor for premature death and disability.
The World Health...
دماغی صحت کا عالمی دن 2018
ورلڈ ہیلتھ آرگنائزیشن نے ذہنی صحت کی تعریف کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ "صحت کی ایک ایسی حالت جس میں ہر فرد اپنی صلاحیت کا احساس کرتا ہے، زندگی کے عام دباؤ کا مقابلہ کرسکتا ہے، پیداواری اور نتیجہ خیز طریقے سے کام کرسکتا ہے، اور اپنے یا اپنی کمیونٹی...
WHO Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours
Preventing Violence Through Alcohol Consumption Reduction Measures
The World Health Organization has released a series of briefings on violence prevention. Of particular interest is Chapter 3: Preventing Violence by Reducing Availability and Harmful Use of Alcohol.
‘Harmful use of alcohol is a major...
Higher Taxes Needed to Lower Smoking Rates in South Asia
New research published in The British Medical Journal supports the need to increase taxes on tobacco products in South Asia, suggesting that doing so could reduce consumption by at least 1/3 and, in turn, avoid around 35 - 45 million...
Global Smoking Rates on Decline Thanks to Demand-Reduction Measures
New research published in The Lancet Public Health suggests that global smoking rates have decreased by 2.5% following the introduction of the global tobacco control treaty. The treaty obligates the 180 countries committed to it to...
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