As Turkey marked World Smoking Cessation Day on Saturday, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in the last nine years 900,000 people have sought access to free medicine, provided by the government, to help them quit smoking as Turkey steps up the fight against the habit Turkey has been praised for its efforts to curb smoking… Read More »
To help understand fertility patterns across demographics, researchers combed through the latest data from the National Survey of Family Growth to study contraceptive use among women. The results, published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, found that of the more than 5,500 respondents from 2015 to… Read More »
Nearly one billion people will be vaccinated against yellow fever in 27 high-risk African countries by 2026 with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi – the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF and more than 50 health partners. The commitment is part of the Eliminate Yellow fever Epidemics (EYE) in Africa strategy, which was launched by… Read More »