First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Norway puts smokers out in the cold
Norway is poised to deal the tobacco industry a massive psychological blow and become the first country to impose a nationwide ban on smoking in restaurants, bars, nightclubs, hotels and cafes. In a
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Pollution related deaths on rise in 'clean city'
Hyderabad's claim to being a 'clean and green' city is very much a sham, going by the increasing number of diseases and deaths caused by the ever-rising pollution. According to a study conducted by
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Greater affluence puts China at risk for heart disease
The risk of heart attacks and strokes is rising sharply in China, raising the specter of a high-cost public health crisis in the world's most populous nation. For the first time at a major Western
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Mental health : new WHO country data show resources fall short of needs
New World Health Organisation (WHO) data on the state of mental health resources in individual countries around the world demonstrate the huge gap between what is needed and what is available to take
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WHO urges countries to act on new anti-resistance malaria medicines
Tackling rising levels of medicine resistance is one of the key challenges to African States in their efforts to control malaria and meet the declared target of saving the lives to half the 800000
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Private sector health care in developing countries needs better stewardship, researchers say
The huge and mostly unregulated private health sector in low-income countries raises serious concerns. According to a review in the latest issue of the 'Bulletin of the World Health Organisation',
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Polio pushed to lowest levels in history -but experts warn opportunity to stamp out disease must be grasped now due to unstable global situation
With only 537 polio cases reported globally in 2001, efforts to eradicate the disease have driven the incidence of polio to its lowest point in history. However the expert panel overseeing the
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WHO takes major steps to make HIV treatment accessible
In a decisive move to strengthen action against AIDS in developing countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the first treatment guidelines for HIV/AIDS in poor settings. Paraller
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Health care system being improved: governor
Talking during the handing over ceremony of essential drugs on behalf of DFID, UK, to the NWFP government for utilization both in the settled and tribal areas which held at Governor's House, the
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Generic drug maker challenges AstraZeneca patent for Prilosec
Within the next several weeks, a federal judge may decide the fate of Prilosec, once the world's top-selling drug. AstraZeneca, the maker of Prilosec, is battling generic drug makers that want to