New book titled “Promoting Health for Working Women”
Associate Professor Athena Linos of the Medical School of the University of Athens and Professor Wilhelm Kirch of the University of Dresden have edited a new book published by Springer Publications titled "Promoting Health for Working Women". The book is the end result of an EU funded project which also received funding from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation the HPROWOMEN project - Development of Education and Training Tool for Workplace Health Promotion focusing on Women.
June 5, 2008: World Environment Day
World Environment Day is celebrated each year on June 5th. The theme of the World Environment Day this year is climate change and especially the transition to a low carbon economy and lifestyle. New Zealand, and specifically Wellington, will host the international celebrations for this day with the slogan "Kick the CO2 Habit. Towards a low carbon economy". Recognising that climate change is becoming a very important issue of our era, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) encourages countries, companies and communities to focus on greenhouse gas emissions and ways to reduce them.
May 31, 2008: World No Tobacco Day
In 1987, World Health Organization established "World No Tobacco Day" that is celebrated each year on May 31st.
A 3-day Training Course on Nutrition, Obesity and Diabetes
An extremely interesting training course on the major issues of nutrition, obesity and diabetes will take place on May, 12-14 2008, in Cyprus.
April 7, 2008: World Health Day
On April 7, 1948, the World Health Organization is established within the United Nations and is focused on themes that concern public health. WHO celebrates this day, every year, as World Health Day, which is dedicated to a topic of great importance to health globally.
March 24, 2008 – World Tuberculosis Day
Today, March 24, 2008, is the World Tuberculosis Day that aims to inform the public about tuberculosis which affects a great number of people around the world every year but can be treated with the right medication.
Results of the DIRERAF Project
The Institute of Preventive Medicine Environmental and Occupational Health was one of the partners of the three-year long European project "DIRERAF-Development of Public Health Indicators for Reporting Environmental/ Occupational Risks Related to Agriculture and Fishery". The project's outputs and recommendations were presented with great success at a press conference that took place in Athens, on January 14.
A course regarding scientific writing entitled “Getting your research published: a course in medical writing”
A successful course regarding scientific writing entitled "Getting your research published: a course in medical writing" was organised for the second time by Prolepsis, with the kind support of Novartis Oncology, and took place on September 7-8, 2007 at Divani Apollon Hotel.
