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
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
The World Health Organisation has summoned African governments to a crisis meeting in Zimbabwe to try and allay fears over genetically modified food as emergency relief. The meeting in Harare,
A Vietnamese company has begun producing a lower-priced AIDS drug under a government programme aimed at making it more affordable for the growing number of poor aids patients., an official said on
In a bid to eradicate leprosy from the West Bengal, the state government is going to launch the fourth round of Modified Leprosy Elimination Campaign (MLEC) from end of this month. Informing this,
A 'Chest Summit 2002', is being organsied by Vikram Sarabhai and P P Bose, two young doctors from the Escorts Heart Institute, to provide a platform to world leaders in the field of chest disease to
Ayurvedic major Himalaya Drug Company has added two key women's healthcare products to its portfolio. Reosto is aimed at osteoporosis and Menosan for menopausal problems, taking the Rs 250-crore
The Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to import one lakh doses of the Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine from Vietnam, in view of the current shortage. Sample vaccine are already begin tested at
An "Anaemia free" programme conducted by an NGO has revealed that this disease which has been plaguing one third of the world population in prevalent amongst the children in Goa. Blood examination of
Pakistan has made tremendous progress in eradicating the crippling disease, Polio and is on the brink of reaching the goal of complete elimination with zero polio cases by the year 2003. This was
Forty per cent of Pakistani children under five are malnourished and 25 per cent of babies are born underweight, hence susceptible to illness and death. According to pediatricians, the right of these
The Pakistan Chemists and Druggists Association (PCDA) has expressed concern over the delaying tactics adopted by the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) to issue the new list of life saving drugs