419 result(s) for infections
Hungary Flu Activity Low
- 9 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Influenza activity remains low in Hungary, with some 8,200 people having made doctor visits with flu-like symptoms in the last week of 2016, according to a fresh report published by the National Centre for Epidemiology (OEK).
200+ Diagnosed HIV Positive In Hungary
- 2 Dec 2016 5:00 AM
- health & wellness
Each year between 200 and 300 new cases of HIV are diagnosed in Hungary, an Aids charity head said on Thursday. The PLUSS foundation’s János Szlávik told a news conference on the occasion of World Aids Day that from year to year the number of new infections has stagnated. With today’s modern medicines it is possible to ensure symptom relief.
Medical Union Prepares Action Plan To Fight Hospital Infections
- 23 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The trade union of resident doctors and specialists has prepared a five-point action plan to reduce the risk of hospital infections, daily Magyar Hírlap said on Wednesday.
Balog: Health-Care Staff Salaries To Double In 2010-2020
- 17 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A total 96,000 doctors and nurses have received a pay rise since 2010, and all employees in Hungarian health care will have had their pay doubled by the end of the decade, Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog told public Kossuth Rádió.
World Hepatitis Day, 28 July 2016
- 27 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Ahead of World Hepatitis Day, 28 July 2016, WHO is urging countries to take rapid action to improve knowledge about the disease, and to increase access to testing and treatment services. Today, only 1 in 20 people with viral hepatitis know they have it. And just 1 in 100 with the disease is being treated.
Every Fifth School-Age Child Has Tried Drugs
- 9 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of HIV infections has been steadily growing in Hungary in the past decade and every fifth school-age child has tried drugs, the Central Statistical Office said in the survey Magyarország 2015. Efforts to raise AIDS awareness in Hungary are wanting and there are hardly any prevention or screening programmes that could improve the chances of early diagnoses and successful treatment.
Xpat Opinion: Inadequate Hygiene In Hungarian Hospitals
- 11 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Today I’m venturing into the world of healthcare, specifically hygiene or rather the lack of it in some Hungarian hospitals. A discussion of the high rate of infections contracted in hospitals began when the movement “1001 physicians without gratuity” called attention to the problem. According to the statement of these doctors, the problem has been known for years. But not only is nothing being ...
Hundreds Of Bells To Keep Children Smile At Mupa Budapest
- 24 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Once again Müpa Budapest is preparing for the Christmas season with a unique installation: in cooperation with UNICEF this year we will hang thousands of little bells on the Danube-side terrace of the building and let the wind use them as an instrument. Since its opening, Müpa Budapest has devoted extraordinary attention to children, and with its family and youth programmes it has offered many ...
Hungarian Fidesz MP Calls Migrants A Health Risk
- 24 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants arriving in Hungary constitute a health risk and should be made to undergo screening tests and protective inoculations, Fidesz MP Imre Pesti declared on Sunday. Pesti, a physician, argued that most of the migrants come from war zones where even basic health conditions are not in place and that the long road they travel to Hungary can further harm their health.
Hungary Flu Activity Low
- 9 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Influenza activity remains low in Hungary, with some 8,200 people having made doctor visits with flu-like symptoms in the last week of 2016, according to a fresh report published by the National Centre for Epidemiology (OEK).
200+ Diagnosed HIV Positive In Hungary
- 2 Dec 2016 5:00 AM
- health & wellness
Each year between 200 and 300 new cases of HIV are diagnosed in Hungary, an Aids charity head said on Thursday. The PLUSS foundation’s János Szlávik told a news conference on the occasion of World Aids Day that from year to year the number of new infections has stagnated. With today’s modern medicines it is possible to ensure symptom relief.
Medical Union Prepares Action Plan To Fight Hospital Infections
- 23 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The trade union of resident doctors and specialists has prepared a five-point action plan to reduce the risk of hospital infections, daily Magyar Hírlap said on Wednesday.
Balog: Health-Care Staff Salaries To Double In 2010-2020
- 17 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A total 96,000 doctors and nurses have received a pay rise since 2010, and all employees in Hungarian health care will have had their pay doubled by the end of the decade, Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog told public Kossuth Rádió.
World Hepatitis Day, 28 July 2016
- 27 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Ahead of World Hepatitis Day, 28 July 2016, WHO is urging countries to take rapid action to improve knowledge about the disease, and to increase access to testing and treatment services. Today, only 1 in 20 people with viral hepatitis know they have it. And just 1 in 100 with the disease is being treated.
Every Fifth School-Age Child Has Tried Drugs
- 9 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of HIV infections has been steadily growing in Hungary in the past decade and every fifth school-age child has tried drugs, the Central Statistical Office said in the survey Magyarország 2015. Efforts to raise AIDS awareness in Hungary are wanting and there are hardly any prevention or screening programmes that could improve the chances of early diagnoses and successful treatment.
Xpat Opinion: Inadequate Hygiene In Hungarian Hospitals
- 11 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Today I’m venturing into the world of healthcare, specifically hygiene or rather the lack of it in some Hungarian hospitals. A discussion of the high rate of infections contracted in hospitals began when the movement “1001 physicians without gratuity” called attention to the problem. According to the statement of these doctors, the problem has been known for years. But not only is nothing being ...
Hundreds Of Bells To Keep Children Smile At Mupa Budapest
- 24 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Once again Müpa Budapest is preparing for the Christmas season with a unique installation: in cooperation with UNICEF this year we will hang thousands of little bells on the Danube-side terrace of the building and let the wind use them as an instrument. Since its opening, Müpa Budapest has devoted extraordinary attention to children, and with its family and youth programmes it has offered many ...
Hungarian Fidesz MP Calls Migrants A Health Risk
- 24 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants arriving in Hungary constitute a health risk and should be made to undergo screening tests and protective inoculations, Fidesz MP Imre Pesti declared on Sunday. Pesti, a physician, argued that most of the migrants come from war zones where even basic health conditions are not in place and that the long road they travel to Hungary can further harm their health.