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Global Health Now: Over 3 million deaths in 2016 can be attributed to the harmful use of alcohol, the WHO revealed Friday in its global status report on alcohol and health.

Jamaica Gleaner: A new public opinion survey conducted for the Heart Foundation of Jamaica and Vital Strategies by Hope Caribbean, found that Jamaicans are concerned about chronic diseases, particularly diabetes and childhood obesity.

Xinhua: Governments across the world should urgently implement the proven and cost-effective interventions to reduce noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), a non-governmental organization (NGO)'s deputy head told Xinhua recently.

Ghana Web: The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) says it will begin road safety enhancement works at the Lapaz Intersection on the George Walker Bush (N1) Highway today.

The Straits Times : Although less than 15 per cent of people here are smokers, no one is immune to the dangers of second-hand smoke, according to medical experts.

Borneo Bulletin Online: SEVERAL international media recently carried news with a video describing how a two-year-old boy in Indonesia is addicted to smoking.

Eco-Business: Organisers of the recently concluded Asian Games in Indonesia had been braced for the worst-case scenario: forest fires flaring up and shrouding Palembang, one of the host cities, in a thick, choking haze.