National Institute Of Health

Geneva - The Swiss decided Sunday to reject a proposition to decriminalize cannabis for personal consumption, but with a large majority voted to extend a government programme which gives heroin to hard-core addicts. The nationwide referendum saw vote...

Harare - Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic is surging ahead unchecked according to official figures released Sunday. They show the number of reported cases has almost doubled in the last week, to over 11,000. Quoted in the state-controlled media, Health Mi...

Johannesburg - Aid organizations in Zimbabwe fear that as many as 10,000 cholera deaths and 60,000 infections could strike the country by March 2009, South African media reported Sunday. So far, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) around...

Harare - Zimbabwean citizens have taken a government department to court for failing to provide them with adequate and safe drinking water, as the country's cholera-related death toll nears 400, reports said Saturday. A group from Chitungwiza, a town...

Cologne, Germany - Japan makes better use of the abilities of senior citizens than Germany does, according to a German expert in the field. Public services, families and companies in Japan can access the expertise of older people through regional ce...