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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2nd SARS suspect in RML
The health ministry reported that a 42-year-old man from New Zealand with SARS like symptoms arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday evening. He arrived via flight TG -315 from
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Sick city awaits clean water
Shortage of good drinking water has brought with it water related ailments to the twin cities of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. As many as 476 acute diarrhoea cases have been reported in the Fever
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Orchid Chem keen on DNA library
Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals is looking at the strategy of using biotechnology as the foundation for its drug discovery programme. According to Dr C. Bhaktavatsala Rao, Deputy Managing
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WB aided healthcare project to cover state
A World Bank sponsored 'India healthcare' project, a mobile computing integrated healthcare system, would be extended to the entire state by the year end, minister for health Dr Kodela Siva Prasad
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Some routine AIDS screening is advised
Troubled by signs that the battle against AIDS has stalled in the United States, federal health officials recommended today that pregnant women, intravenous drug users and anyone who has engaged in
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Regular HIV testing urged for pregnant women, infants
Stalled progress in AIDS prevention has prompted federal health officials to push Thursday to make HIV testing a routine part of medical care, especially for pregnant women and newborns. The Centers
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UNFPA signs $2m family planning contracts
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) signed two contracts worth over $2 million to provide contraceptives in Pakistan for an effective family planning. The UNFPA in collaboration with
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Sindh to be made polio-free by 2004
The Sindh (Pakistan) Chief Minister, Sardar Ali Mohammad Khan Mahar, has said that the provincial government is according priority to health problems, and said that the province would, Inshallah, be
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Ban on supari products demanded
There have been sufficient evidence that rotten betel nut was being used in the manufacturing of sweet supari and gutka, senior members of the Pakistan Medical Association told a news conference at
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Certain words can trip up AIDS grants, scientists say
Scientists who study AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases say they have been warned by federal health officials that their research may come under unusual scrutiny by the Department of Health