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The health science librarians provide information resources to support health care. They encourage widespread use of health information among doctors, medical students, nurses, physiotherapists, dietitians, social workers and researchers. The technological advancement has enabled libraries to move beyond the four walls of a building, as a result, we, the librarians strive to meet the health information needs of a larger community and try to amend health information delivery at every region, so that people live better, healthier, happier and more productive lives.

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Monday, May 30, 2011

World No Tobacco Day --- May 31, 2011

Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death; this year approximately 5 million persons worldwide will die from tobacco-related heart attacks, strokes, cancers, and other diseases, if proper measures for its prevention and treatment are not taken.

Source: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6020a1.htm?s_cid=mm6020a1_w

WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008 - The MPOWER package is available at:
http://www.who.int/tobacco/mpower/2008/en/index.html
Posted by Sangeeta Narang at 11:30 PM

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