It suggests implementation of health, nutrition and development programmes A study by the National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, on the death of tribal infants in Attappady noted that “high maternal under-nutrition of 48 per cent of adult women leading to chronic energy deficiency” resulted in the death of a large number of infants.
Thousands of European livestock suspected of carrying foot and mouth were being slaughtered for economic rather than public health reasons, a leading animal health scientist said yesterday. CSIRO
Thousands of European livestock suspected of carrying foot and mouth were being slaughtered for economic rather than public health reasons, a leading animal health scientist said yesterday. CSIRO
The World Health Organisation has created a new Commission to study Health and Development. This expert advosory panel will produce a series of studies on how health interventions can lead to
For the first time, researchers have shown that reducing air pollution leads to improved respiratory function in children ages 11 to 15, a critical period of lung development. Scientists have long known
The toxicological monographs in this volume summarize the safety data on two contaminants in food: cadmium and lead. Monographs on nine groups of related flavouring agents evaluated by the Procedure for
Britain is facing a chronic shortage of geophysicists as fewer students choose to study geophysical science at university and leading scientists in the field retire, a new study reveals. The problem
Surveys indicate that the Janani Suraksha Yojana, which offers cash assistance to pregnant women opting for institutional deliveries, has increased the number of such births in hospitals. Can this increase
A major dengue epidemic is sweeping the country but the health ministry continues to be in denial. All the leading private hospitals in Delhi, including Fortis, Max Healthcare, Apollo Hospital and Batra Hospital, are flooded with dengue patients and on any one day these hospitals have been handling over 150 dengue patients. Beds have been placed in waiting spaces of the larger hospitals to treat additional patients. But officials insist the number of dengue cases is still inching towards the 1,000 mark and therefore cannot be called an “epidemic”.
Tobacco use is one of the leading preventable causes of death. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the global tobacco epidemic kills nearly 6 million people each year, of which more than 600,000 are people who have been exposed to second-hand smoke (passive smoking). Experts say the focus of the campaign is on the need to expose and counter the tobacco industry's brazen and increasingly aggressive attempts to undermine the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) because of the serious danger it poses to public health.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Thursday justified its decision of imposing a country-wide ban on Maggi noodles. The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked if India’s food regulator
BEIJING: China's latest tainted product crisis widened Friday after tests found the chemical melamine in liquid milk produced by three of the country's leading dairy companies, the country's quality monitor said.
MUMBAI: Leading pipe manufacturing companies and producers of non-toxic materials for PVC will be closely watched by Dalal Street traders in the coming days after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) asked
MUMBAI: Bill Gates, the world's richest man, has mega plans for India's children. Sometime this year, a desi vaccine developed and produced as part of his Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's work may get
KRISHNAGIRI: The Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist), demanded the immediate ban of endosulfan. The Sangam staged a demonstration near the Five-Road Junction in Krishnagiri on Tuesday. Leading the demonstration, M.
An international list of chemicals subject to trade controls will expand to include all forms of asbestos, three pesticides, and two forms of lead if recommendations made by a committee of government
This report presents evidence on the effects of climate change risks on the health sector in Africa. It illustrates climate threats to health and development investments and highlights opportunities to
Awareness education & effects low in face of sustained marketing, regret activists In recent months, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have had frequent run-ins with regulators and activists over issues pertaining to the presence of harmful chemicals such as lead and cadmium and the adverse impact of caramel.
NGOs have claimed that recent reports suggesting that one of the pictorial warnings for tobacco products resembles footballer John Terry could be an attempt by the manufacturers to scuttle the pictorial warnings once again. In a recent RTI filed by the Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI), the issue was brought to the notice of Union health ministry earlier in November by Philip Morris, manufacturer of the leading cigarette brand Marlboro. “However, digging the issue once again now could be a deliberate move by the manufacturers to put the warnings in trouble.”
A parliamentary panel has urged the government to upgrade the infrastructure for cancer treatment and make it affordable by enlarging the network of a leading healthcare institute, as it expressed concern
