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
Health
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Livingstone accused of MMR vaccine blunder
Doctors' leaders accused Ken Livingstone of irreparably damaging the health of London's children by telling parents to avoid the MMR vaccination and choose single jabs against measles, mumps and
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Beef firm that pulled scam files for protection
Meat processor Nippon Shokuhin Co. on filed for court protection from creditors in the wake of a beef-mislabeling scam, according to a company official. Nippon Shokuhin asked the Fukuoka District
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UK leads way in reducing cancer toll
The UK is experiencing the biggest reduction in deaths from the two most common cancers - lung and breast cancer - of any country in the world, two leading scientists said. Statistics produced for
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Relief in sight for four municipal towns
The Bangladesh Department of Public Health and Engineering (DPHE) responsible for the supply of safe drinking water to the four district towns of Chuadanga, Kushtia, Moheshpur and Chapainawabganj,
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Take practical measures against mosquitoes
In Bangladesh, a reasonable level of mosquito control can be achieved simply by spraying kerosene at seven-day intervals on stagnant water sources. This includes clogged drains and gutters, open
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40 PC tubewells arsenic polluted in Rajbari
Forty per cent tubewells of Rajbari Sadar upazila (Bangladesh) are arsenic contaminated according to a source of the upzaila Public Engineering Department. The connected department surveyed 2250
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Contaminated water supply
Several parts of the Karachi city (Pakistan) were continuously being supplied stinking water for the last couple of weeks, resulting in various gastro-intestinal diseases among residents of the
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AIDS meeting to focus on new drugs
New drugs, easier ways to take them and improving access for those who need them are the issues expected to dominate the 14th International AIDS conference that begins on Spain's Catalan coast.
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1,200 AIDS cases in Amritsar
The Health Department has detected 1,200 AIDS cases in Amritsar District of Punjab, till June this year making the district most prone to this infectious disease. This was informed by Dr. K K Sharma,
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45 million will get AIDS by 2010
About 45 million more people worldwide will become infected with HIV within the next eight years. However, if known prevention strategies are seriously scaled up, 29 million of those infections could