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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WHO to gain advisory role in pharmaceutical patents
The World Health Organisation's annual assembly will formally endorse a resolution giving the body a central role in advising its 192 member governments on how to ensure that pharmaceutical patent
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Toronto school closed over SARS fears
A Toronto high school was closed and its 1,700 students were in quarantine on Thursday amid renewed SARS fears in Canada's largest city, while Taiwan reported its biggest increase in new cases of the
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Gastro, diarrhoea cases go down
MCH Additional Commissioner (Health and Sanitation) G Malsur said that the civic body has taken several measures to prevent the spread of gastroenteritis and diarrhoea cases in the twin
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Plying politics with SARS
Talk about fiddling while Beijing burns (with fever). Toronto's SARS relapse over the weekend notwithstanding, most places outside of Taiwan and mainland China seem to have gotton the disease under
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Toronto SARS cases reaches 33
The number of people with SARS in Canada's largest city tripled to 33 when health officials broadened their definition of what constitutes a 'probable case' to meet international standards. The
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Federal health officials confident in SARS test
US health officials said they are confident about the accuracy of the main antibody test being used to screen people for SARS. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention administered the test to
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Government to offer irradiated meat in schools
Some of the 28 million children in the national school lunch program may find irradiated hamburger on their plates as early as next year. The Agriculture Department is seeking suppliers to furnish
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Bracing for the challenges of an urban world
Over the next three decades the world's population is expected to grow by some 2.2 billion people and the majority of this growth will take place in urban cities within developing countries. This
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17 hepatitis-B cases reported in Sanghar
At least 17 people have been diagnosed with Hepatitis-B in the Ismail Janwari village, near Perumal, some 35 kms away from Sanghar (Pakistan). The other villagers could not get themselves tested due
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Arrangements for eradication of polio reviewed
The district officer (Revenue), Sukkur, (Pakistan) Dr Saeed Ahmed Mangnejo, held a meeting to review arrangements regarding the 1st round high risk campaign for polio eradication in Sukkur district