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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Anti-polio drive reviewed
Sindh health Minister, Maj-Gen Ahsan Ahmad, the second day of the three-day national anti- polio drive visited the outskirts of Karachi , including Memon Goth', Malir, Ibrahim Hyderi and other areas
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Health dept fails to achieve polio target
The Punjab (Pakistan) health department has, after failure to administer anti-polio vaccine to 13.9 million target children under five years of age, decided to continue the immunization drive. Last
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Many barriers in the way of population control
Behaviour changes, stringent vigilance on the dispensation of available resources and sound public/private partnerships were identified as the key requirements to attain the targets set under the
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Glaxo cuts Aids drug prices in Africa
The British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, criticised for the unaffordable cost of its life-saving Aids drugs in Africa, said that it was cutting the prices of Aids and malaria drugs in the
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Free clinic tries retail therapy
Melbourne women might next year be able to squeeze in a health check-up while shopping. David Jones opened The Rose Clinic in the lingerie department of its Sydney city store, where women can gain
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Twelve die of encephalitis in Biratnagar
The number of people dying here with encephalitis has reached 12 this season with seven persons succumbing to the disease in the past two weeks.In the last one and a half months, 74 people have
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Drugs-from-chicken eggs firm faces funding crunch
A biotechnology firm pioneering the production of drugs in the eggs of genetically modified chickens said yesterday it had only around one year's funding left and would need to raise more money in
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Towards squeaky-clean schools
The School Sanitation and Hygiene Project, which is on in 250 schools of Bangalore Urban district, aims at spreading the message of hygiene education and environmental sanitation in the community
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Liver dialysis is next
A new liver dialysis procedure may help critically ill patients survive long enough to get a liver transplant. Researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor say that the system, known as
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Diesel exhaust is linked to lung cancer
The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that long-term exposure to exhaust from diesel engines likely causes lung cancer in humans and triggers a variety of other lung and respiratory