Sri Lanka has successfully managed Novel Avian Infuenza (A)H1N1 when comparing with the other countries and carried out diagnosis free. The Government spends over Rs.15,000 to conduct medical tests on a person, a Heathcare and Nutrition Ministry spokesman said.
In what will be music to the ears of banana cultivators, a Gujarat based agriculture university has successfully converted those parts of the fruit's plant which are usually thrown away as waste into highly useful products, including an edible candy with nutritional values. Banana plant
The International Advisory Panel (IAP) on National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) on Thursday attributed India’s better health indicators to work accomplished under various components of NRHM. In a meeting held on Thursday, Jeffery D. Sachs, head of IAP along with his team of experts with Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. Prof. Sachs commended India for the incredible progress.
Public health policies such as tobacco control, air pollution reduction, and hazardous waste remediation may have reduced cadmium exposure among U.S. adults. However, trends in urine cadmium, a marker
Food insecurity refers to the inability to afford enough food for an active, healthy life. Numerous studies have shown associations between food insecurity and adverse health outcomes among children. Studies
The Department for International Development of the United Kingdom and the United Nations World Food Programme will provide much-needed support for 150,000 people affected by recent floods and water-logging
The dengue epidemic which hit Sri Lanka last January is now under control and the death rate is zero. The number of dengue cases reported during the 36th week is only 49, the latest statistics of the Epidemiology Unit of the Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry says.
Therapeutic food interventions have reduced mortality in children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM), but incomplete restoration of healthy growth remains a major problem. The relationships between the
London: Here’s good news for chocoholics — munching on the sweet treat regularly may stave off your risk of developing bowel cancer, a new study has claimed. Researchers at the Science and Technology
Harda: In order to combat malnutrition among children and expectant mothers, the district administration has been geared up to provide nutrient-enriched packaged food every week at anagnwadis, official sources said today. The scheme would be implemented shortly in which young children and expectant mothers would be benefitted.
The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is an index of acute multidimensional poverty that covers over 100 developing countries. It assesses the nature and intensity of poverty at the individual
The global aid architecture in health has changed over the past decade, with the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and a major expansion of the levels and sources of development assistance, particularly for low-income countries. While key health outcomes such as infant survival and nutritional stunting have improved over the decade in every
MIRZA : The economic contribution made by the lakhs of poor people working in the backyard poultry units towards running the rural households is crucial. Indispensable part of almost every family, the non-descript local variety both of fowl and duck reared with zero input cost has ensured the nutritional requirement to the underprivileged section to some extent.
There is growing recognition of the importance of physical activity (PA) in children and youth for the primary prevention of obesity and certain non-communicable diseases, later
IT is not surprising that questions of food security and the right to food have become such urgent political issues in India today. The rapid growth of aggregate income over the past two decades has not addressed the basic issue of ensuring the food security of the population.
It is evident that there have been some significant changes in the food consumption basket. The latest National Sample Survey data for 2009-10 (66th Round) show a further shift away from food to non-food
Manmohan calls new report's findings a ‘national shame' A new study based on a survey of the height and weight of more than one lakh children across six States has found that as many as 42 per cent
SIVASAGAR: The Assam Minister for Fishery and Information and Public Relations, Basanta Das paid a visit to the Fishery Training Centre at Joysagar in Sivasagar on Tuesday. The Minister took stock of
NEW DELHI, 10 JAN: Describing the problem of malnutrition in the country as a national shame, Prime Minister Mr Manmohan Singh today said the government could not rely on the Integrated Child Development
This paper analyses changes in multidimensional poverty over time for over thirty countries and 338 subnational regions, for which have comparable data across at least two periods of time. The paper first
