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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'India blocking Dhaka's polio free status'
Bangladesh has charged that polio cases in India were posing difficulties for it to be declared as a polio free country as people travel frequently between the two countries. Although no child with
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Pneumonia scare hits Asian air travel
International airlines felt the direct impact of a killer pneumonia outbreak after experts called for passenger screening and a Singaporean stewardness was hospitalised as a suspected case. As the
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Comilla a town of garbages, mosquitoes make like helpless
The Mosquito menace has increased in Comilla town (Bangladesh) and the dwellers are exposed to great suffering. It seems that there is no authority to deal with the menacing situation. Ditches
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International year of fresh water
This year the International Year of Fresh Water is being observed around the world. Meanwhile, in association with UNICEF and the UN Information Centre (UNIC), MNSD organized a seminar on
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Report: Success of smallpox vaccinations depends on money
If the US governments wants a successful smallpox inoculation program, it must provide money to the states and compensation to people injured by the vaccine, the Institute of Medicine said. Congress
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Kodaikanal cleared of mercury waste
Hindustan Levers has removed accumulated mercury waste from its thermometer factory. The waste material was taken by container lorries to Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu from where it was expected to be
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War against TB
According to a World Health Organisation report "Global Tuberculosis Control' released on the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day, only 55 per cent of India's population has access to treatment for
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Third death follows smallpox vaccination
A 55-year-old National Guardsman died this week from a heart attack, the Pentagon said, in the third such death that followed a smallpox vaccination. The Defense Department is joining the Centers
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Canada to screen airline passengers for respiratory ailment
Responding to international concern over the spread of a mysterious respiratory disease, Canada said today that it would screen all passengers boarding international flights in Toronto for high fever
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Eye related problems on the rise in India
The World Health Organisation predicts that in the year 2020, over 300 million people will be diagnosed with eye related problems, of which 60 million will be Indians, thereby ranking the country