Sentences with phrase «public health situation»

Based on the environment and public health situation in Cebu City at the time, these cases of diarrhea were most likely brought about by infection, Eisenberg said.

You can visit their website on issues regarding rats, West Nile virus, bed bugs, avian flu and other public health situations in NYC.

Not exact matches

There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

In developing countries, there may be cases where the individual situation of the mother and baby would make replacement feeding the safer option, despite the public health recommendation to breastfeed.

One should also consider the difference between public health recommendations and the individual situation of that mother.

Indeed, instead of improving child health, many feared that the market - led approaches to «prevent» malnutrition championed by public - private - partnerships, could actually worsen the situation and increase further the double burden of malnutrition - both under and over nutrition.

Although it is said that babies should be breastfed exclusively to six months of age, this is a public health statement and like all such statements, it applies generally but not to every situation.

In the context of limited health budgets, on epidemiological and ethical grounds treatment approaches are in most situations a less rational public health investment than approaches that prevent SAM and other types of malnutrition.

The greatest falls were seen in public non-housing such as education and health and with the public sector spending cuts already taking effect this will only exacerbate the situation.

«We did receive a letter dated March 10, 2015, from Mayor Borge, that summarized the situation, asked for our assistance, and that stated, «the NYS Department of Health recently published a public notice specific to Hoosick Falls in which it determined that there were no immediate health risks associated with our drinking water.»&Health recently published a public notice specific to Hoosick Falls in which it determined that there were no immediate health risks associated with our drinking water.»&health risks associated with our drinking water.»»

The state health department has come under intense criticism for its handling of the unfolding Hoosick Falls crisis, including the distribution late last year that also downplayed risks of PFOA exposure after federal regulators pushed for a wider public alarm about the situation.

The presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation increases the risk of homicide by 500 percent, independent of other risk factors for homicide, according to an American Journal of Public Health report.

«The purpose of this hearing is to examine water contamination situations and assess the effectiveness and implementation of laws and public policies in protecting water quality and public health.»

On substance, the state and city public health responses have to work, or the governor could be blamed for bungling the situation.

«While I commend the health board for conducting a review into its own services and making their findings public, they now need to act on those recommendations and ensure that the situation at the hospital improves.

«It is a dangerous situation to be in when the only people present at a meeting are those who are set to benefit from it not happening,» said Prof Mark Bellis, of the UK Faculty of Public Health.

Fellows will benefit from an opportunity to apply and translate academic knowledge of public health to real world situations.

«The proposal presents a unique situation, where public health interests in reducing alcohol consumption is not in conflict with the alcohol industry,» says Dr. Rehm.

«It's not that you require a scientific breakthrough to solve these situations — in developed countries the knowledge and technical tools have been available to women for many, many years,» says Ana Langer, coordinator of the Dean's Special Initiative on Women and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health.

SAPPHIRE's flexibility showcases an important lesson about Semantic Web systems: once they are configured for a general problem — in this case, public health reporting — they can quickly be adapted to a variety of situations within that field.

The CFIA is closely collaborating with public health officials to investigate any other situations where people with flu like illness may have had contact with swine.

Meanwhile, New York City is looking into possible swine flu cases, and the WHO has decided not to raise its pandemic threat level, although it did call the situation a «public health emergency of international concern.»

After investigating the arsenic situation in Bangladesh at the request of the World Health Organization in the late 1990s, Allan Smith, an epidemiologist at the University of California in Berkeley, recommended that officials declare a public health emergency for what he considered «the largest mass poisoning of a population in history.&Health Organization in the late 1990s, Allan Smith, an epidemiologist at the University of California in Berkeley, recommended that officials declare a public health emergency for what he considered «the largest mass poisoning of a population in history.&health emergency for what he considered «the largest mass poisoning of a population in history.»

In the 1990s, it even managed to largely shut down US government research into gun violence as a public - health problem — an unbelievable situation that still stands today.

This situation arose largely because public health authorities told us that we should limit -LSB-...]

A review coauthored by Walter Willett, chair of the department of nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health, sums this very unfortunate situation up perfectly:

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Success is allowed to provide student health records to law enforcement officials and public health agencies in emergency situations — including cases in which the lives of students and others are endangered.

The Veterinary Services Grant Program (VSGP) will help relieve federally designated veterinary shortage situations by supporting private veterinary practices engaged in public health activities and veterinarians who are participating in or have successfully completed a Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) contract or similar state program.

Continued funding will permit the USDA to select veterinarians who will agree to practice food supply medicine and veterinary public health in federally designated veterinary shortage situations.

«In a situation where there is a dog or cat in the home of an Ebola patient, CDC recommends public - health officials evaluate the animal's risk of exposure,» she added.

Job Description: • Represents the Kansas City Pet Project in a professional, polite and enthusiastic manner • Assists the veterinarians on a daily basis with preparing surgery patients, health assessments, and treatments of animals • Assist in medical rounds with Shelter Veterinarians or identifying animals that need to be seen by a Shelter Veterinarian • Administer medications to both cats and dogs in accordance with veterinarian's prescribed doses and ensure all treatment protocols prescribed for sick / injured animals are performed timely, safely, and humanely • Responsible for following best practices for sanitation protocols in all veterinary clinic and isolation areas to reduce / eliminate disease transmission • Input all medical notes, health assessments, vaccinations, surgeries, treatments, etc., into PetPoint • Provides support for other departments, such as Intake, Foster, Placement & Transport, or Adoptions by assisting as needed for vaccinations, deworming, blood draws, etc. • Prepares and sanitizes surgical instruments / packs each day to ensure packs are ready for use the following day • Assists with discharging animals to the public post-surgery or following up with sick pet appointments, explaining any medical issues, medications, after care instructions, etc. • Ensures adequate medical supplies and medications are available and reports any shortages to Vet Clinic Manager • Enforces and maintain KCPP safety and cleanliness, and all health and security rules and procedures • Follows disease prevention procedures and completes cleaning of veterinary clinic areas daily and ongoing throughout the day to decrease biological risks to humans and other animals • Care, feed, and safely handle animals to avoid injury to persons / animals • Properly store and maintain inventory of medical supplies, including Schedule II narcotics • Performs laboratory analysis techniques to assist Shelter Veterinarians • Reads, understand, interpret, and apply department policies and procedures • Prepares reports and other written materials in a logical, concise, and accurate manner • Functions calmly in situations that require a high degree of sensitivity, tact, and diplomacy • Communicates effectively with a variety of individuals representing diverse cultures and backgrounds and function calmly in all situations which require a high degree of sensitivity, tact and diplomacy • Treats employees, representatives of outside agencies, volunteers, and members of the public with courtesy and respect • Provides prompt, efficient and responsive service for all phone calls forwarded to the Vet Clinic.

This is also true for rabies but again risk of exposure to you, your staff and other pets to a disease with the public health risk associated with rabies justifies requiring vaccination in the U.S. (I have no idea what the situation is in New Zealand).

The Committee nevertheless agreed that the current situation constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.

«Taking bold steps to reduce black carbon emissions is a win - win situation because it will lessen the threat of global warming and improve global public health,» Sen. Carper, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, said.

(C) developing public health communications strategies and interventions for extreme weather events and disaster response situations;

Calls the situation in Glenmore a Public Health Issue and requests that the State fund low frequency noise testing in the footprint of Duke's Shirley Wind project.

Putting these objectives into practice, Article 28 of the Directive requires in its first paragraph that before taking an expulsion decision based on «public policy or public security», factors to be taken into account by a Member State are the period of residence, age, state of health, family and economic situation, social and cultural integration into the host Member State and the extent of links with the country of origin of the EU citizen.

In the final rule we have added it because we believe there are situations in which a covered entity, for example, a public hospital conducting post-mortem investigations, may need to use protected health information for the same purposes for which it would have disclosed the information to a coroner.

Similarly, in situations involving a serious and imminent threat to public health or safety, law enforcement officials may be seeking protected health information from covered entities to locate a fugitive.

Response: This level of detail is necessary to ensure that individuals» rights with respect to their health information are clear, while also ensuring that information necessary for important public functions, such as protecting public health, promoting biomedical research, fighting health care fraud, and notifying family members in disaster situations, will not be impaired by this regulation.

In the final rule, we add new language (§ 164.512 (d)(3)-RRB- to address situations in which health oversight activities are conducted in conjunction with an investigation regarding a claim for public benefits not related to health (e.g., claims for Food Stamps).

However, we continue to permit a covered entity to disclose protected health information to a health care Start Printed Page 82730provider in an emergency treatment situation if the restricted protected health information is needed to provide the emergency treatment or if the disclosure is necessary to avoid serious and imminent threats to public health and safety.

We permit disclosure of protected health information to law enforcement officials without authorization in some situations precisely because of the importance of these activities to public safety.

[108]... There is nothing inconsistent with a finding of a private law duty of care owed to individuals in a particular situation and the existence of the public duties owed by Health Canada under the legislation.

(6) Before taking a relevant decision on the grounds of public policy or public security in relation to a person who is resident in the UK, the decision - maker must take account of considerations such as the age, state of health, family and economic situation of the person, the person's length of residence in the UK, the person's social and cultural integration into the UK and the extent of the person's links with his country of origin.»

In situations where public health and safety are at stake, landing a job you're not qualified for by offering false information on your job application can have disastrous consequences.

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) guidelines and courses teach members of the public to give early help to people developing a mental disorder and to help in mental health crisis situations, such as assisting someone who is suiHealth First Aid (MHFA) guidelines and courses teach members of the public to give early help to people developing a mental disorder and to help in mental health crisis situations, such as assisting someone who is suihealth crisis situations, such as assisting someone who is suicidal.

Many will argue that we require a medical model, a public health model and a social determinants approach to this situation, to all of which I agree.

Keeping Chicago drug - free has been a challenging situation for both law enforcement and public health...