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
India
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Dhaka to give drug policy a free market dose
Under pressure from transnationals, the Bangladesh government is likely to ease restrictions on producing and importing medicines.
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Unfinished product
The Indian government and the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) are trapped in a cleft stick because of five million defective copper-T contraceptives given by UNFPA to
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Malaria breakthrough promises better drugs
Now that they have discovered how chloroquine controls the malaria parasite, scientists hope to use this knowledge to develop more efficient anti malarial drugs.
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The state of Bangladesh's health care
A visit to a Dhaka clinic provides a good idea of the extent to which drugs can help.
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Cry, baby, cry
A premature death seems in store for the "cradle baby scheme" launched with much fanfare by Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha last October, following reports of female infanticide in Salem.
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Some drugs are more essential than others
If pharmaceutical companies concentrate on manufacturing and selling essential drugs, business needs and health requirements can be met.
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For a rational policy
Opposing the pharmaceutical sector's arguments for a more liberal drug policy, several voluntary groups demand all prescription drugs in India should be subject to price controls. The groups met in
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Tried and tested
Traditional medical and agricultural practices, usually dismissed as unscientific, are regaining favour, with some help from Honeybee a journal that documents rural wisdom.
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Back in action
Though a deadly gas leak two months ago caused nine deaths, Century Rayon is back in full production despite orders from the Maharashtra environment ministry and the state pollution control board
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Genius in the village smithy
A Pikhor blacksmith has invented more than 20 agricultural tools.