In June 2012, the then minister for public health said the government was not scared of the food industry and had not ruled out legislation, because of the costs of obesity to the NHS.

2012年6月，当时的公共卫生部长表示，政府并不惧怕食品行业，也不排除立法的可能性，因为英国国民健康服务体系需要承担肥胖的成本。

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Health Minister Rida Saeed said authorities were working on campaigns that explain to the public "the health hazards of smoking and the environmental, economic and social vices of smoking."

卫生部长里达·赛伊德说，当局正在努力向公众解释“吸烟对健康的危害以及吸烟对环境、经济和社会的恶劣影响。”

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The Public Health Minister then went on to suggest that folks wear "thick clothing like jeans" during the raining season between June and September when the number of mosquitoes are much greater.

随后公共卫生部长也接着建议大家，在6月至9月间的雨季要穿“厚一点的衣服，比如牛仔裤”，因为雨季蚊子的数量会更多。

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Julio Frenk, former health minister of Mexico and now dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, holds an opposing view: The disease could be killing people who are not healthy because of their living conditions.

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It is probably the first time in Ecuador that a minister of health wants to make himself accountable to the public for the way health services are managed, while simultaneously advancing efforts to securing progressive universal and optimal care with dignity.

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Masks carry both physical and psychological benefits, said Dr. Julio Frenk, former health minister of Mexico and current dean of the Harvard School of Public Health.

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