Health Promotion Agency

Canada Reviews Battle Against SARS
Health Minister George Smitherman announced Ontario’s new Health Protection and Promotion Agency at a press conference to commemorate the fifth anniversary of SARS. The agency, which will be modelled on the US Centers for Disease ...

Parents 'unaware' of drinking law
Research by the Health Promotion Agency and Queen's University suggests that many children in Northern Ireland have their first drink at 11. It says they get this from both friends as well as their parents. The Health Promotion Agency's ...

Dying to Survive: Health Rights of Japan’s Undocumented Workers
[3] To be able to work as a hostess in Japan, women seek the assistance of promotion agencies and talent managers in the Philippines who are essentially middlemen brokers who often keep the women in a private relationship of debt ...

Parents ‘unaware’ of drinking law
BBC UK News - Many parents are unaware of the law when it comes to letting their children drink alcohol, it has been claimed. Research by the Health Promotion Agency and Queen’s University suggests that many children in Northern Ireland ...

News - HIV ‘bug chasers’: Fantasy or fact?
According to the Health Protection Agency there has been a steady increase in diagnosis rates in the UK among men who have sex with men from 1500 in 1999 to over 2000 in 2004 - a 30% increase in five years. ...

Health Canada issues consumer warning not to use Zencore Tabs
Health Canada says the use of Zencore Tabs could pose serious health risks, especially for those with existing heart problems or those at risk of stroke. The agency says tadalafil combined with any nitrate medication could result in ...

Little Exercise, Little Fresh Food. Now the Us Government is ...
... we’ve dispatched a team of disease detectives around the problem of obesity and it was a recognition in one of our states that their obesity problem was very large,” said Donna Stroup, a CDC doctor in charge of health promotion. ...

Herbal cures - KidsHealth - Kids
Health Services: Alice! Health Promotion Program Begun as a service for Columbia University students, this site allows one to ask anything and get sound, non-judgmental answers from a staff of professionals. Not limited to mental ...

MTEC Scholarships for Promising Students and Public Health ...
b) Health Education and Promotion c) Health Policy, Economics and Management d) Health Services Innovation e) Work and Health. The M.Sc. Public Health is a one-year full-time programme, and taught in English. ...

Sony Ericsson Appoints iris to Manage its Global Activation Strategy
As its global activation agency, iris will be responsible for implementing integrated campaigns across all of Sony Ericsson’s sports marketing properties, retail business and sales promotion work. The appointment is part of Sony ...