IOM, and the proportion of under-age girls is far higher, particularly among ethnic Vietnamese.
In the past year the IOM has helped some 250 trafficked women to return home.
To view this report and the entire report series, please visit the IOM website, www.iom.edu.
The IOM report was released at a "Weight of the Nation" conference in Washington, D.
The American Medical Association, the main doctors' lobby, greeted the IOM's report with a veiled snarl.
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Zahir said four Nepalese Gurkha security guards guarding the IOM compound were also wounded in the attack.
's (nyse: IOM - news - people ) Roy, Utah, headquarters for some time.
Happily, hair dye and cell phone radiation are not likely connected to breast cancer, the IOM team repots.
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But according to Laurence Hart, the IOM's Chief of Mission in Libya, Tripoli cannot solve the problem alone.
Richard Danziger, the IOM's chief of mission in Afghanistan, said on Sunday that the attackers deliberately targeted international staff.
Chairman of TravelWatch IOM Brendan O'Friel said freight and passenger charges are connected.
In 2010 America's respected Institute of Medicine (IOM) called for nurses to play a greater role in primary care.
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The chopper will arrive tomorrow with more IOM building supplies and she will be taken to the hospital in Muzaffarabad.
Chris Gascon, the IOM's head of mission, says a program could offer vocational training or support in starting up micro-enterprises.
The IOM committee itself acknowledges that there is no evidence that the 510(k) process is failing to assure safety and effectiveness.
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However, the IOM said it wasn't clear there were other health benefits linked to vitamin D and warned people from consuming too much.
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The American Beverage Association praised the IOM's emphasis on more physical activity, but criticized its endorsement of restrictions on sales of sugary drinks.
One foreign staff member of the IOM was seriously injured, sustaining third-degree burns, and was being airlifted out of the country, U.N. officials said.
Today, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its third and final report in a project commissioned by the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP).
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed its policy independently of the IOM and the MacIntyre study, explains CDC spokesman Jeff Dimond.
An IOM committee will conduct a study on sports-related concussions in youth, from elementary school through young adulthood, including military personnel and their dependents.
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Though U.N. offices have been repeatedly struck by insurgents in Afghanistan, the IOM, which helps relocate refugees displaced by conflict, hasn't been attacked in the past.
For the top executive at Iomega Corp. iom ( iom) , the Roy, Utah-based maker of computer storage devices, March proved to be the unkindest month.
We call on food manufacturers and restaurant chains to step up their efforts at voluntary salt reduction while the FDA and USDA implement the IOM's recommendations.
To address this gap, the Office of National AIDS Policy ( ONAP) commissioned the Institute of Medicine ( IOM) to identify key indicators to monitor HIV outcomes.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has just released a large-scale report reviewing the evidence for the role of certain lifestyle variables and environmental factors in breast cancer risk.
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The unofficial RDA for vitamin D as issued by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2010 is 600 ius for those under 70, 800 ius for those over 80.
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"It remains unclear whether the IOM office was the target, although there were explosions and attackers did find their way inside, " said Richard Danziger, the IOM's chief of mission in Afghanistan.
As reported earlier this week in the New York Times, the IOM report was the subject of a preemptive attack by the medical device industry before the report was even released.
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