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In 2012, 218 people in Brussels were told that they are HIV positive, 50 less than in 2011. The figures, requested by Brussels MP Bianca Debaets, are the second lowest in the last ten years.
Prince Laurent has accepted a mission as goodwill ambassador for the FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, confirms a spokesperson for the Belgian Royal Family.
Medical screening of each participant before a mass sporting event should be mandatory, according to Pedro Brugada, heart specialist at UZ Brussel, and sports doctor Chris Goossens, following Sund
Homeopathy is now officially recognised in Belgium as a distinct therapeutic system, according to the Royal Decree published today in het Staatsblad.
Not one Belgian city meets the target for atmospheric particulate matter imposed by the World Health Organization (WHO).
About 1 million people suffer from asthma in Belgium, including 200,000 children, making Belgium one of the worst countries in Europe for the disease, according to a press conference by the Belgia
The 15th annual State of the World’s Mothers report, a ranking of the best and worst places in the world to be a mother, shows Belgium coming in at ninth place.
Snacks and candy manufacturers in Belgium made a turnover of €2.1 billion last year, a new record, reports Gazet van Antwerpen on the basis of figures from Studiecentrum Snacks en Zoetwar
Joke Schauvliege, Flanders’ environment minister, has agreed to a subsidy programme for sewage projects, increasing the designated budget by one-quarter to €138 million.
