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"health emergency" refers to a situation when there is a sudden and serious threat to people's health and wellbeing. It could be an outbreak of a contagious disease, a natural disaster causing widespread injuries, or any other unforeseen event that requires immediate action to protect and care for people's health.
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Under the new plan, governments would have to report any «
public health emergency of international concern» even if the agent isn't known.
This can be especially important as unexpected behavioral changes may indicate an ongoing illness or
other health emergency on the part of the animal.
Critical illness policy covers
health emergencies like heart attacks, multiple sclerosis, liver disease and cancer, just to name a few.
With the rise in reported food allergies among students in the last 15 years, it is crucial that policymakers understand how to best prepare school personnel to deal with
related health emergencies.
This list is by no means all inclusive of definite emergencies but is a compilation of the more common dog
health emergencies seen.
They are calling for major reforms so that outbreaks are reported sooner and more modern technology is used to help identify their source, in order to bring
health emergencies under control more quickly.
Given the steep rise in lifestyle and other related diseases, staying prepared
against health emergencies is no longer a luxury, but a necessity.
We work on things like improving mental
health emergency care, and ensuring mental and physical health are treated equally.
Sometimes a sudden illness, accident, or other pet
health emergency requires your previously healthy pet to be put to sleep without warning.
Providing your pet with routine wellness care is the best way to identify small problems before they
become health emergencies.
Before taking up a critical illness plan, you need to check the diseases covered and whether it takes into account, various scenarios like treatment costs, recurring costs and
unforeseen health emergencies.
In addition to conflict, natural disasters and public
health emergencies also negatively impact children's learning opportunities.
There are many reasons why you could be stressed: a big presentation at work or a
family health emergency, for example.
«It is a great challenge to improve the health of our people,» he said while asking member states to do more in terms of funding so as to
confront health emergencies.
As you may have noticed, however, each of these require some effort and time which can be difficult if the traveler is experiencing a
current health emergency.
Our trip insurance plans include assistance with navigating canceled flights, lost bags,
sudden health emergencies, and more — virtually anywhere in the world.
It's called catastrophic health insurance, and it's pretty straightforward: it pretty much only covers extremely
expensive health emergencies.
To obtain a school nurse position run by the state government and prepare
individualized health emergency care plans for children and provide them medical and nursing assistance.
Even if you put that much money in a bank account every year, you still wouldn't be able to afford many common
pet health emergencies.
Of course, there's never a good time
for health emergencies, illnesses or injuries to happen, and we understand that medical treatment can be expensive.
The WHO's Emergency Committee, which declared Zika an international public
health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) in February, said in a statement that «the Zika virus and associated consequences remain a significant enduring public health challenge requiring intense action but no longer represent a PHEIC.»
The Zika virus led the World Health Organization to declare the outbreak a global public
health emergency in February 2016, but how much is really known about its neurobiology and potential neuropsychiatric manifestations?
PULLMAN, Wash. — How can a slow - flying insect tinier than a paper clip and as light as a Kleenex tissue be to blame for the
global health emergency declared this week?
Many VMAT members are also on the roster of the National Animal
Health Emergency Response Corps — a program through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services.
The «mission» is likely to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the kind of effects climate change is likely to have on human health in different regions of the country and build up capacities to respond to these and also to
health emergencies arising out of natural disasters.
The National
Animal Health Emergency Response Corps (NAHERC) is the nation's largest emergency response organization designed to provide surge capacity and sustainment of Federal veterinary assistance during an event.
The decision to change the car's name was due to it sounding too similar to Zika, the name of a virus that has just been declared an international
health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The emergency declaration would also free up public
health emergency funds at the Department of Health and Human Services, and grant individual states more flexibility in how they use federal dollars, and allow them to direct more funds toward addiction treatment and prevention.
The Ebola crisis in West Africa has quickly grown into the most difficult health security problem faced by the modern world, but it is also providing opportunities to better prepare nations for
future health emergencies, said speakers at a recent conference on global health security in Washington, D.C.
Since the World Health Organization declared an international
health emergency due to the Zika virus, at least a dozen companies have announced plans to develop a vaccine.
Most of MSF's actions, and hence its research, take place in countries with
complex health emergencies, often in a context of conflict, even war.
To learn more about how our veterinarian has helped pets like Bali (a Chinese Pug mix with diabetes) and Burnie (a cocker spaniel mix with an immune system disorder) recover from
serious health emergencies, visit our «Miracles» page.
If you've read my blog from the beginning you might remember us going through a year - long season without a job, years of growing my own business, nine months of trying to sell a house under difficult circumstances, moving to a new house in a new state, various life -
threatening health emergencies in our family, focusing time & energy on starting a church, getting a crazy puppy named Jack and now this season of intense nesting!
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