ORAN- Algerian-Japanese cooperation programme on the development of solar technologies is progressing well, said Sunday in Oran (432-km west of Algiers) the coordinator of the project, which involves several universities and research centres of the two countries.

ALGIERS- A national plan of fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) will be implemented before the end of 2013 by the Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform in collaboration with the European Union, said Wednesday an official at the ministry.

ALGIERS- A seminar on the development of a multi-sectoral national strategic plan of an integrated fight against the risk factors of non-communicable diseases kicked off Wednesday in Algiers with the participation of Algerian and foreign experts and representatives from several ministries and associations.

ALGIERS- Algeria’s pharmaceutical imports reached USD606.26 million in the first four months of 2013, against 698.3 million over the same period in 2012, down 13.2%, an Algerian Customs report has shown.

ROME – Thirty public health facilities will be concerned by the electronic monitoring of diabetic by 2018 in Algeria, said Tuesday in Rome Deputy Director of the Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform responsible for the prevention of non-communicable diseases, Djamila Nadir.