The
World Hypertension League is highlighting salt and
high blood pressure as the two silent killers for
this year’s observance of World Hypertension Day,
Sunday, May 17. This is an international event
with public activities taking place worldwide to
raise awareness about high blood pressure.
Stigma, discrimination and
violence against homosexuals and other people
who have same-sex relations, also known as
homophobia, and against transgender,
transvestite or transexual people, also known as
transphobia, are hindering the efforts to curb
the HIV epidemic in Latin America and the
Caribbean, a group of United Nations (UN)
agencies said today, in anticipation of the
observation of the World Day against Homophobia
(May 17).
May 22, 2009 -
Thirty countries have officially reported cases
of influenza A(H1N1). The World Health
Organization maintains pandemic alert of Phase
5. There is no evidence of sustained
community level human-to-human transmission
outside of the Americas. PAHO/WHO recommends
that countries continue to review their national
influenza pandemic preparedness plans and
address any gaps identified.
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