More than 60,000 people have been infected with cholera in Zimbabwe, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday. A cholera patient drinks treated water at Budiriro Polyclinic in Harare January 22, 2009. Zimbabwe’s cholera epidemic is spreading to rural areas because people with the preventable disease have quit heavily-infected urban centres for the countryside, an [...]
The death toll from Zimbabwe’s worst ever cholera epidemic has climbed to over 3,000, with more than 57,000 infected by the water-borne disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported Wednesday. Cholera patient drinks treated water at Budiriro Polyclinic in Harare January 22, 2009. The death toll from Zimbabwe’s worst ever cholera epidemic has climbed to [...]
Playmaker and deputy captain Phan Van Tai Em (R) holds the AFF trophy aloft On the field, Tai Em is perhaps not as prominent as some of his other teammates, but everyone calls him âa real playmaker.â Phan Van Tai Emâs appearance is typical of a southern farmer.At a glance, anyone could guess he is [...]
A new dual-language (English – Vietnamese) website has been launched by WHO’s Vietnam Office. The site can be accessed at: http://www.wpro.who.int/vietnam (English version) and http://www.wpro.who.int/vietnam/?lang=vi (Vietnamese version). WHO works across more than 30 programme areas in Vietnam – from infectious disease control and food safety to maternal health and injury prevention. “The site is an excellent [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – WHO’s Vietnam office launched a new dual-language website in English and Vietnamese on January 16. VietNamNet Bridge – WHO’s Vietnam office launched a new dual-language website in English and Vietnamese on January 16.It provides up-to-date information on the UN agency’s programmes in Vietnam; advice and news on the latest health issues, outbreaks and emergencies; [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The teachers in Simacai district in the mountainous northern province of Lao Cai, said they have not celebrated Tet in the last eight years as they have not received any Tet bonus. The small room of teacher Pham Chi Cong of Lu Than School in Samacai district, Lao Cai provinceIn the port [...]
Ho Dac Cuu cutting hair for 75-year-old Tran Em, who lost his legs to bombs in 1969. Em has been a loyal, steadfast customer of Cuu from the time the street barber began doing his rounds three decades ago. For 33 years, Ho Dac Cuu has been riding his bicycle around Da Nang City and [...]
Teacher Hoang Lien Minh (R) and her student/adopted son, Nguyen Van Loc Hoang Lien Minh is a special educator whose lexicon does not contain the word unteachable. When she learnt that Nguyen Van Loc was about to be ejected from the house of his relative, she went to his house in northern Nam Dinh Province [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – According to the National Traffic Safety Committee, as of the end of October, 2008, there were more than 1,400 fewer road traffic fatalities, and more than 2,200 fewer serious injuries compared to the same time last year, before the Helmet Law was implemented. VietNamNet Bridge – According to the National Traffic Safety [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a tolerable daily intake for melamine. The Vietnamese Health Ministry said it is considering setting a suitable melamine level in food. Local milk companies are suffering heavy losses because of the lack of standard tolerable level of melamine in food.VietNamNet Bridge – The World Health [...]
