(www.kommersant.com)- - No more than 30 percent of the children in Russia could be called absolutely healthy, said Nikolay Gerasimenko, deputy chairman of the State Duma’s Committee for Health Protection.
In Russia, the number of healthy children varies from 5 percent to 30 percent by different estimates, Gerasimenko told “The Low Birthrate in the RF, Challenges and Strategic Approaches” international seminar.
The reasons are alcoholism of the nation and using and spreading the drugs, the deputy explained, emphasizing that some 500,000 to 700,000 annually die of alcohol in the country.
Making the children healthier calls for the thorough control of advertising targeted at the children and teenagers. The slogans that urge to “take everything from the life” should be crossed out, while the propaganda of healthy life-style should improve, the deputy said.
According to Federal Statistics Service, 715,400 babies were born in Russia in the first half of this year, 6,500 less than a year earlier. The natural loss of the population (the difference between the number of died and the number of born) was 415,300 vs. 462,300 in 2005.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
No More Than 30 Percent Children Healthy in Russia
