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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A condom with each coke?
Corporations such as Coca Cola could use their extensive networks in Africa to distribute condoms if the Global fund, the organization spearheading the AIDS fight, succeeds in getting big business
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Mining firms, workers ink black-lung settlement
Two Mitsui group mining companies and miners who contracted lung disease signed a settlement document stating the firms will pay 8.1 billion yen in compensation to the plaintiffs by April. Shuji
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Clear link between dengue and poverty - WHO
Bad water supply and inefficient waste matter disposal in fast growing cities in poor countries are increasing the risk of potentially fatal mosquito-born diseases, the World Health Organisation said
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Dengue cases reported in Kumari villages
In the wake of an outbreak of suspected dengue infection in Karungal area of Kanyakumari district, with a possibility of the ailment assuming the proportions of an epidemic, health authorities are
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Cholera outbreak under control, says official
Cuddalore District Revenue Officer M S Shanmugam said that the outbreak of cholera in some parts of the district was kept under control. Some persons died following the outbreak of diarrhoea in some
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20 health facilities under police occupation
The Dadu district police department (Pakistan) has occupied 14 Basic Health Units (BHUs), four health centres, two dispensaries, 17 bungalows and 47 quarters of the health department in different
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Japanese scramble to contain sale of tainted diet medicines
Japanese health officials, hounded by growing worries about the safety of the coutnry's food supply, have a new concern: how to stop proliferation of tainted weight-loss supplements that have killed
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Protecting women from AIDS
At the recently concluded AIDS conference in Barcelona, a great deal of attention was paid to the precarious situation of women around the world. Hundreds of panels, workshops, and other sessions
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Call to monitor laser eye surgery
A special body should be constituted to regulate the use of medical devices such as those used for laser eye surgery, says R B Vajpayee, Professor of ophthalmology at the Rajendra Prasad centre at
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Gutkha ban begins without bluster
Thousands of gutkha addicts went without their favorite pouches as the Maharashtra government began implementation of its blanket ban on chewing and sale of gutkha in Maharashtra. 'Paanwallahs',