Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent an indispensable force with which to combat inequities in access to health services and progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while …
this is where physics meets medicine. The science of particle beams may be quite beyond the limits of medical science, but the two might soon collaborate, with results that may surprise many doctors (of medicine, that is). Two new research programmes in Europe have begun exploring down-to-earth uses for two …
Vitamin B2 can ward off migraines, says a recent European study team. Researchers at the General Hospital of Luxembourg, Belgium, split 55 migraine patients into two groups. One took 400 milligrams of Vitamin B2 every day for four months, the other, a placebo. At the end of the trial, 59 …
Over 16 European nations and 12 international organisations recently joined hands and agreed to cooperate in an attempt to find ways of improving the welfare of laboratory animals, and primates in particular. Under the terms of a "declaration of intent' signed under the auspices of the Council of Europe, they …
Nineteen European nations signed a pact in France on January 12 approving a ban on human cloning. French officials said that the protocol was an annex to the Council of Europe's convention and also the first compulsory juridical instrument banning cloning of humans. The agreement was signed after the French …
Rice lands release up to 14 per cent of the world's methane emissions that cause global warming. Now, Philippine-based International Rice Research Institute (irri) is studying ways to reduce methane emissions. An irri researcher, Noel Nocon, has said that the research project is determining what rice land conditions induce methane …
a ban on fur imports from the us has been called off by the European Union (eu) after accepting an assurance from Washington to phase out steel-jawed leghold traps, used in catching animals, within six years. A majority of the eu ambassadors accepted the latest offer from the us which …
The European Union (EU) has begun an inspection of Karachi's fish harbour to decide whether to ban seafood exports from Pakistan. The fishing industry in Pakistan exports around US $150 million of seafood annually. Almost one-third goes to Europe and sold mostly in the UK and the Netherlands. The EU …
a wide ban on the sale of beef rib roasts, T-bone steaks and certain other on-the-bone cuts has been recommended by a European Union (eu) scientific committee because of the risk of the "mad cow' disease being transmitted. The committee has said that every country that has reported cases of …
in an attempt to reduce air pollution, the European Commission has laid down strict standards not only for pm 10s - particles with a diameter of less than 10 micrometres, but also for pm 2.5s which are less than 2.5 micrometres. It is felt that these rules will halve emissions …
results of a study published by National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, the most prestigious research agency of the us federal government, have confirmed that sperm counts have dropped enormously in the last 60 years in the us and Europe. This is much higher than the findings of any previous …
a number of European countries have refused to support an attempt by the European Commission to prohibit national import bans on genetically engineered maize by Novartis, the multinational agrochemical company. Maize imported by Novartis ge contains a bt toxin which is designed to ward off pests. "Wherever genetically-engineered organisms and …
EUROPEAN leaders after a recently held two-day summit at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg have pledged to ban human cloning as part of measures to prevent the abuse of technology. The Council promised to outlaw "any intervention to create a human being identical to another human being, whether living …
europeans will continue to be exposed to significant levels of dioxin caused by the disposal of scrap cars, despite a proposed legislation agreed by the European Union ( eu ) Commission. The Commission has dropped plans to include in the legislation the provision for phasing out of polyvinylchloride, ( pvc) …
EUROPE'S farm buildings have concentrations of ammonia, bacterial toxins and dust, high enough to harm both farm workers and animals. Roger Phillips of the Silsoe Research Institute, Bed- fordshire, has reached this conclusion following a four-year study for the European Commission of farm buildings in Britain, Denmark, Germany and the …
European consumers may soon see the first commercial application of Conserver 21, a product which promises to add weeks to the shelf life of fruits, vegetables, flowers and meat. It works by converting ethyl- ene given off by decaying foodstuff into carbon dioxide and water vapour. This inhibits decay by …
Why is the European Union so strongly in favour of a forest convention? , I recently asked Jorgen Steen Neilsen, the editor of Information, a highly respected daily in Copenhagen, and a highly respected environment journalist himself. The issue of a forest convention is being raked up again and is …
IN A recent positive step, the European Union (EU) passed a regulation banning the export of hazardous wastes to developing countries for recovery purposes, to be effective from the beginning of next year. This regulation is designed to align EU legislation with Decision II /12 that was adopted as an …
AN ACTION plan has been prepared for imposing controls on the European Union's (EU) food market. The European Commission (EC) has decided to set up a food and veterinary office (FVO) in Ireland. The Fvo will be responsible for food safety in the EU countries. Emma Bonino, who was made …
WHEN the Delhi Rickshaw Chalak-Malik Sangharsh Morcha (rickshaw drivers and owners agitation committee) staged a demonstration in front of the office of the Municipal corporation of Delhi (MCD) on May 19, it was drawing attention to the harassment its members were facing at the hands of the authorities. Rickshaws are …
