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. …
The specificity of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) used for early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV infection is <100%, leading some HIV-uninfected infants to be incorrectly identified as HIV-infected. The World Health Organization recommends that infants undergo a second NAAT to confirm any positive test result, but implementation is limited. …
While on the one hand it is critical to control overuse, on the other there is need to improve antibiotics access to the poor and vulnerable When it comes to antibiotics use, India faces a twin challenge. A ‘skewed’ ground reality that requires it to control overconsumption of antibiotics and …
NEW DELHI: Fortis Memorial Research Institute (Gurgaon) charged the family of a seven-year-old dengue patient almost Rs 16 lakh for 15 days in the ICU, but the girl died while being shifted from Fortis to Rockland Hospital. Union health minister J P Nadda on Monday assured the bereaved family of …
KOLKATA: At least two pregnant women who were down with dengue have died within a fortnight. Jesmita Haldar, a 27-year-old homemaker who had slipped into a coma after delivering a stillborn, succumbed to dengue last Friday while 24-year-old Purnima Biswas of Prince Ghulam Mohammad Shah Road died on November 3. …
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya plans to adopt the World Health Organization (WHO) pneumonia guidelines in order to reduce child mortality. Director of Medical Services at the Ministry of Health Jackson Kioko told a health forum in Nairobi Friday that the guidelines require the use of amoxicillin dispersible tablets for treatment …
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- The number of people facing crisis-level food insecurity in the Eastern Africa region has increased by 18 percent to 36.5 million in October from 30.9 million a year ago, UN humanitarian agency said Tuesday. The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Eastern Africa said …
Apple (AAPL.O) is leading the way in tracing cobalt used in its electronics to ensure the metal has not been mined by children in Democratic Republic of Congo while Microsoft (MSFT.O) is lagging, Amnesty International said. Microsoft disagreed with the pressure group’s conclusions published on Wednesday. Congo is by far …
A newly released nutrition report by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa has revealed that undernutrition is still persistent in the region and the number of stunted children has increased. The Africa Nutrition Report, launched in Abidjan, Ivory Coast also indicates that a growing number of children …
The objective of the study was to study the serum Homocysteine levels in children and its relation with body mass index (BMI), lipid profile and plasma glucose. Original Source
NEW DELHI: Child and maternal malnutrition continues to be the biggest health hazard in India since 1990, while deteriorating air quality came a close second, according to a recent report in one of the world's oldest medical journals. The report published in the Lancet journal has found that besides malnutrition …
Smaller lungs mean poorer exercise capacity, and greater vulnerability to respiratory symptoms and diseases, says a recently released study A study conducted on Delhi children and released recently in the Journal of Indian Pediatrics provides powerful evidence that shows children growing up in polluted environments like the Capital have reduced …
18% of the world's population lives in India, and many states of India have populations similar to those of large countries. Action to effectively improve population health in India requires availability of reliable and comprehensive state-level estimates of disease burden and risk factors over time. Such comprehensive estimates have not …
This report prepared as part of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2016, and published in Lancet , has found that every State in India has a higher burden from non-communicable diseases and injuries than from infectious diseases. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the Public Health Foundation …
Doctors said in addition to the healthcare system, various government bodies, schools and parents too had a responsibility. Kashmir faces a serious threat of “diabetes epidemic” owing to alarming prevalence of obesity among children here, a growing concern that doctors attribute to lack of physical activity and high intake of …
If parents try to curb kids love for junk food, chocolates and sugary drinks, it may help the kid to stay healthy and not gain excess weight. New Delhi: A study suggests that obesity in children can be cut down if a little attention is paid to the dental health. …
The Asia-Pacific region, home to most of the world's undernourished people, needs urgent action to improve diets and reset its food systems which are critical to the delivery of healthy, nutritious foods, FAO said. According to the findings of FAO's 2017 Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition report, there …
To launch eight-day-long campaign from tomorrow as part of measles-rubella vaccination drive The Health Department is making extra efforts to cover more children under the ongoing measles-rubella vaccination drive as the extended deadline ends on November 18. It has now joined hands with unaided school managements to launch an eight-day-long …
GURUGRAM: The Haryana Board of School Education (HBSE) has declared new timings for schools after air quality index (AQI) and particulate matter (PM) levels hit the 'very poor' level . The move was triggered after government school teachers unanimously wrote a letter to the director of the state elementary education …
MUMBAI: Three-fourths of adult Mumbaikars believe vaccines are meant only for children, found a survey . In a year when swine flu emerged as one of the biggest reasons for hospitalization, 30% of those surveyed said adults should take vaccines only before travelling. But Mumbaikars are not alone in their …
CHENNAI: Although pneumonia kills one child under five every two minutes in India, the disease is preventable -through vaccines, healthy lifestyle and timely medical intervention -say doctors from the Indian Academy of Paediatrics.While pneumonia can be caused by viruses, bacteria or fungi, studies have found that at least three out …
