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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WB to give over $40m for polio eradication
The World Bank will provide $40.80 million interest-free credit to Pakistan for boosting the country's polio eradication initiative. Of this amount, $20 million will come through the International
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Slow progress in malaria control
Reports about the progress in control of malaria in the Madhya Pradesh state are not satisfactory. It is too disturbing especially in the eastern region of the State. One wonders why Malaria Control
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Task force planned to tackle pollution fallout
Concerned with the rise in indoor air pollution and deleterious health effects of pollutants on public health, the Environment Ministry proposes to set up a task force to guide the ministry on the
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US monkeypox cases rise to 48
A search for the source of monkeypox - a smallpox-like illness not seen before in the Americas - stretched from the Great Lakes to Texas this week as the number of suspected and confirmed cases rose
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Government identifies 6 districts as filariasis prone
The Andhra Pradesh government has identified six district in the state as filariasis prone and taken up a programme to control the disease spread through mosquitoes. West Godavari district medical
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Govt-NGO efforts for population control urged
Speakers at a workshop, held in Karachi (Pakistan) , said that if the government organizations and NGOs worked together, they could succeed in containing the population growth by nearly two per cent
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Child is the father of man
Inhabitants of a poor Calcutta slum learn about hygiene and health care from their kids. Somewhere in an obscure corner of the city of joy, a group of boys and girls are rehearsing a play. It's
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Condom, condemned
Health experts are flummoxed by Sushma Swaraj's moral turn on AIDS awareness. Given the latest shift in the Union health ministry's AIDS programme away from condom centric campaigns the groups most
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17 die of diarrhoea, malnutrition in 6 Rangamati villages
Diarrhoea and malnutrition due to acute food crisis claimed 17 lives in six villages under Sazek union in Baghaichhori upazila in May. Of the victims, 10 were in Tuichui and Shialdailui villages,
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Hepatitis C cases on rise in Kotkapura
Hopes of four local men to make it big in Arab countries were dashed when during medical examination they were found infected with hepatitis-C. They returned home from New Delhi after spending about