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The World Health Organization (WHO) - World Economic Forum (WEF) report [PDF 613 kb, 52 pages] reveals that there is increasing cost of chronic diseases in the workplace. Moreover, chronic disease is responsible for more than 60 per cent of all deaths globally. The WHO-WEF report then calls for the worldwide promotion health programmes to tackle chronic disease in the workplace.
This year’s World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2008 – with the theme “Tobacco – Free Youth” – emphasises the importance to protect young generations from the adverse effects of tobacco. Read the rest of this entry »
