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 provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
A new type of ready-to-use food is changing the way severe malnutrition is treated. But questions remain about how far to push its introduction--and science has a hard time providing the answer.
Scheme being carried out in collaboration with Lions Club International and Max Hospital MCD school children being tested for anaemia NEW DELHI: By extending its anaemia control programme to Municipal Corporation of Delhi-run schools in Shahdara (South) Zone recently, the civic body is aiming to cover more school children under …
The occurrence of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in human blood is known to be widespread; nevertheless, the sources of exposure to humans, including infants, are not well understood. In this study, breast milk collected from seven countries in Asia was analyzed (n = 184) for nine PFCs, including perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) and …
Diarrhoea is the leading cause of child deaths in South Asia. Universal access targets have been set in the region and changes made, yet governments are still failing to act with the urgency required. At current rates of progress, the 2015 MDG target for sanitation will not be met in …
Who will benefit from globally promoted pneumonia vaccine? the pneumonia vaccine that the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, a public-private coalition, and who are promoting in developing countries is expensive, inefficient and causes serious side-effects, contends a letter published in a public health journal. In a letter to the …
Alliance with UNICEF in question even though the Ministry of Women and Child Development is yet to take a decision on the conflict of interest between public-private partnerships and government policies, the ministry has launched a five-year programme on child welfare in collaboration with unicef in seven states. unicef, which …
Bs Reporter / New Delhi September 26, 2008, 0:27 IST 25 countries have restricted Chinese dairy products. India on Thursday banned the import of Chinese milk and milk- related products, which have been found to be contaminated with toxic chemicals.
NEW DELHI: India has imposed a three-month ban on import of dairy products from China following reports that its children have died after consuming toxic milk products.
Ananth Krishnan SHANGHAI: American and EU trade officials on Wednesday called for tighter safety regulations for Chinese products in the wake of the contaminated milk scandal that sickened more than 53,000 babies in China. Officials from the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) and EU, this week, launched a product …
Lucknow, September 24 A stock of 4.6 lakh vaccines for Japanese Encephalitis (JE) has lost potency due to a fault in maintenance of the cold chain at the Government Medical Store Depot (GMSD) in Karnal, a Health Ministry probe has revealed.
Hong Kong/Beijing, Countries across Asia slapped bans on Chinese dairy products Tuesday as worried parents rushed their children to hospitals for health checkups amid a widening health scare over tainted Chinese milk. From Japan to Thailand, reports spread of cookies, ice cream and even meat buns that might contain contaminated …
China's milk scandal fanned fears across Asia on Tuesday as countries expanded bans on Chinese dairy products to include candy and other goods and worried parents rushed their children to hospitals for health checkups. From Japan to Thailand, reports spread of cookies, ice cream and even meat buns that might …
The number of Chinese infants sick in hospital after drinking tainted milk formula doubled to nearly 13,000 and Premier Wen Jiabao threatened harsh punishment for culprits in the latest blight on the
Nawanshahr, September 22 Complaints regarding the packed midday meal, launched by Punjab Education Minister Upinderjit Kaur on September 16 in Nawanshahr district, have been pouring in almost from day one. Sources reveal that hundreds of schools are missing the delivery of packed food daily in the district. Records of the …
Mumbai: Inspite of the best efforts of the Drugs Controller General of India Surinder Singh, the Union government has instructed the closure of the BCG Vaccine Lab at Chennai. While the assets and technology of the 60-year-old unit are to be transferred to Hindustan Latex, the government is proposing to …
JAIPUR: A mid-day meal kitchen, which will serve to some 40,000 children in 314 government primary and upper primary schools of Chomu and Govindgarh blocks in Jaipur district was inaugurated by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Saturday. The centralized mid-day meal kitchen, the result of a tripartite agreement among the …
