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• 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

  • 01/01/2029

  • Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
  • • Health
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• Two-child norm

  The Supreme Court struck a blow for common sense when they upheld the Haryana government's decision to disallow anyone with more than two living children from holding specified elected posts in

  • 22/12/2002

  • Statesman (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Million hit by deadly snail fever

  With the public health system still reeling from the SARS outbreak, Beijing is facing a new epidemic. Acute schistosomiasis, or snail fever, has infected close to a million Chinese, experts warned.

  • 22/12/2002

  • Statesman (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• 5,000deaths from heat in France called 'plausible'

  France's embattled health minister said Monday tht it was "plausible" that up to 5,000 people had died from the effects of the withering heat wave this month.Facing calls for his resignation over the

  • 19/12/2002

  • International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
  • • Health

• U.S. gives $116 million to improve health care

  The United States on Monday announced a new health grant of $116 million to Pakistan, a key ally in the campaign against on terror.The U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Nancy Powell, and Waqar Masood

  • 19/12/2002

  • International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
  • • Health

• Vaccinating Americans

  Although few measures buy as much health for the money as vaccination, American's vaccine system is troubled. Millions of people cannot afford immunizations. In recent years, some vaccines have run

  • 19/12/2002

  • International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
  • • Health

• 60 blood banks to come up in govt hospitals

  Minister for medical, health and family welfare Dr Kodela Siva Prasada rao on Monday said the government would soon set up 60 blood banks in various government hospitals in Andhra

  • 19/12/2002

  • • Health

• Hunger, cholera hit a dwindling tribe

  Two years ago, hungry and starved, a group of Pahari Korbas

  • 25/12/2002

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• MCD anti-rabies drive hinges on awareness

  The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) launched its

  • 25/12/2002

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Survey warns of rise in HIV+ cases

  India may not be a ticking time bomb for HIV/AIDS as Western experts would have had us believe a couple of years ago. The latest round of sentinel survey, however, warns of rise in HIV positive cases

  • 25/12/2002

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Bangladeshi men are Britain's biggest smokers

  Asian men of Bangladeshi origin are Britain's biggest smokers, official figures reveal. As many 120,000 people die in Britain each year from smoking-related illnesses, and there's a high rate of

  • 25/12/2002

  • Asian Age (New Delhi)
  • • Health