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
Health
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Labor Groups Sue for Clean Air in Factories
The United Auto Workers and United Steelworkers of America filed a lawsuit against the Labor Department, seeking to force it to set clean air standards for factories that the unions said could save
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Jabs for 15m children in African blitz on polio
Fifteen million children in five west and central African states are being immunised against polio in an emergency three-day blitz aimed at preventing the crippling disease regaining a hold in those
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SARS patients get bone disorders
Some patients who survived SARS in Beijing are suffering bone disorders, possibly due to steroids used in treating the disease, a doctor and the World Health Organization
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'Delhi formula' to check food contamination in city
Seeking to give a boost to the vegetarian movement and to adopt a foolproof mechanism against bacterial contamination due to chicken slaughtering, BMC's Market Committee Chairman Manohar Panchal has
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Global SARS risk zones recommended
International health experts said they wanted to divide the world into three zones to detect a possible resurgence of the SARS virus, with southern China and Hong Kong at the centre of the most
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Project mercury digitises medical records
Telecom czar Sam Pitroda feels it may just be what the doctor ordered for the crumbling primary health system in rural India. The Pune-based Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has
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78 dengue patients in Solapur
As many as 78 patients have been admitted to various hospitals in the district in the past one week for suspected dengue even as the dristrict administration has initiated several steps to contain
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Students debate health issues in parliament'
A two-day all-India students' parliament on health was held at the Siri Fort auditorium in the capital. The event, involving non-government organisations from 10 Indian cities, was organised by
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R C Dhiman
Dr R C Dhiman is Assistant Director to National Institute of Malaria Research, Sector-8, Dwarka, New Delhi.
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Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO)
ENPHO is a service-oriented national Non Governmental Organization, established in 1990 that envisages contributing in sustainable community development by combining research and actions through the integrated