One in three Bhutanese overweight, finds study
The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on health facilities demands greater multi-sectoral actions for the implementation of NCD prevention activities. NCDs are a major public
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- Environmental protection from the grassroots
The National Environmental Commission (NEC) through the Capacity 21 Project is taking environmental protection to the grassroots level. Extension agents from agriculture and forestry services will be
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Another initiative
Foresters and agriculturalists employed in the fields will become vital future environmental protection agents, according to yet another NEC (National Environmental Commission) initiative. The NEC is
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Drying centre in Lingshi for medicinal herbs
The chances of medicinal herbs from Lingshi losing much of their potency during transportation will be reduced, now that a drying centre in Lingshi is ready to begin work. It was constructed with a
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Bhutan is successful in developing health services, says UNFPA's executive director
Bhutan will be one of the countries that will achieve the goal of "Health for All" by the year 2,000, or even before, said the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr
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50-year environment protocol
A landmark environmental protection protocol has been adopted banning mining in Antarctica for a minimum of 50 years and designating the entire continent and its dependent marine ecosystems as a
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Japan supports Bhutan's maternal and child health programme
Japan has provided seven ambulances and medical equipment worth 205 million yen to support the health department's Maternal and Child Health (MCH) project.
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Second-hand smoke may hamper circulation
Non-smokers are harmed by even brief exposures to passive smoke, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The journal's editors said in an editorial the
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Over harvesting threatens wild mushroom species
Wild mushroom species once grew in the forested hillsides around the Thimphu (Bhutan) valley. Now most of these species are disappearing because of over-exploitation.Experts at the National Mushroom
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Medicinal plants in Lingshi under threat
The "indiscriminate and wanton" collection of medicinal plants and herbs have endangered many rare medicinal species in their natural habitats in Lingshi dungkhag (Bhutan), according to the Institute
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Fuelwood dilemma : is power the option?
According to the forestry division, hardwood (Quercus semicarpifolia), preferred for its high caloric value, in the Thimphu region was exhausted way back in 1991 when still many household used