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. …
Present trends suggest that many of the poorest countries in the world, including many in sub-Saharan Africa, will not meet the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially MDG 4 (reducing under-five mortality) and MDG 5 (reducing maternal mortality). Even in those countries that are on track to meet health MDGs, …
A report on the condition of children in Jharkhand presented in Ranchi on Monday by Unicef has revealed alarming facts, particularly in urban areas, which if not addressed immediately threatens to overshadow any effort at growth and development in the coming decades. The report has pointed out that a staggering …
Difficult terrain and lack of essential supplies including water, electricity, and communication have virtually derailed the National Rural Health Mission in most parts of Nagaland. Despite this, the infant and maternal mortality rates are low, thanks to the strong community bonding. Though the State government has made serious efforts to …
Data concerning the effects of prenatal exposures to phthalates and phenols on fetal growth are limited in humans. Previous findings suggest possible effects of some phenols on male birth weight. The aim of the study was to assess the relationships between prenatal exposures to phthalates and phenols and fetal growth …
In recent years, there has been much work done due to increasing recognition that children need better medicines. The United States of America and the European Union have adopted regulations to encourage research and development of medicines for children; the World Health Organization (WHO) has been promoting “Make medicines child …
43% Of Kids Under 5 Yrs Malnourished, Finds Unicef Study New Delhi: Modern India continues to be plagued by social and health ills like child marriage, early motherhood and domestic violence. Latest data in the “State of the World’s Children report 2012” released by Unicef on Wednesday shows that almost …
Two prestigious projects started with much fanfare by the Punjab government under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) have failed to take off. A community hotline started to report instances of female foeticide and give feedback regarding health services has been lying defunct for over two years now. The service, …
‘Country Not Faring Well On Millennium Development Goals’ New Delhi: India is not faring too well on achieving the Millennium Development Goals, a new report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has noted. Out of the 22 parameters that the ADB studied, it was found that India made appreciable improvement …
Recommends several measures to reduce high rate of maternal mortality The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State Government to ensure maternal safety through proper implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The HC order was passed last Saturday by a bench comprising Justices Sanjay Yadav and Ajit …
The BP oil spill of 2010 resulted in contamination of one of the most productive fisheries in the United States by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). PAHs, which can accumulate in seafood, are known carcinogens and developmental toxicants. In response to the oil spill, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) …
New Delhi: It’s official — India is the most dangerous place in the world to be a baby girl. Newly released data shows that an Indian girl child aged 1-5 years is 75% more likely to die than an Indian boy, making this the worst gender differential in child mortality …
Millennium development goals: Bangladesh progress report 2011 is the fifth report on the progress monitoring of MDGs in Bangladesh after 2005. This report is prepared and published by the General Economics Division (GED) of the Planning Commission after taking inputs from different ministries/divisions/agencies that are implementing various programmes/projects with the …
This new report by UNESCAP, ADB & UNDP focuses on disparities in MDG achievement within and between countries, to address major bottlenecks holding back MDG progress in Asia-Pacific region. The report, Accelerating equitable achievement of the MDGs: closing gaps in health and nutrition outcomes, focuses on disparities in MDG achievement …
The rising number of maternal deaths in the city has sent alarm bells ringing. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s family welfare department, it has reported 199 maternal deaths from April 2011 to December 2011. Ninety-five out of the 199 are from outside Mumbai. “The reason for the rising number …
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday said the skewed sex ratio among children in Delhi was a matter of concern and her government was working on improving the gender disparity. Census 2011 reveals that the Capital’s sex ratio among children up to six years has dropped from 868 girls per …
Approves PNDT Act overhaul, n To ban mobile ultrasound machines The government today directed the board of governors of the Medical Council of India (MCI) to cancel licences of all 93 doctors convicted for sex determination of foetuses under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC and PNDT) Act, 1996. …
Over 55,000 women die due to child birth in India every year. Of the total children born in one year, a mind boggling 13 lakh die before they reach their first birthdays, most of them within a few weeks of entering this world. Another indicator that the world watches is …
Of the 74,000 mothers of malnourished children that the HUNGaMA (Hunger and Malnutrition) survey spoke to, 93.7 per cent said they could not afford to give more non-cereal food to their children, and 66.3 per cent said they had never been to school. Although 98.4 per cent of these families …
More than a million people in the Los Angeles region are exposed to undisclosed, unhealthy levels of air pollution every day, according to a lawsuit filed today by Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Communities for a Better Environment. Pollution produced by the region's …
For a country which is home to one-third of the world's poor, it has been the most striking failure of our public health system to reach out to them. It is not that some of the social or religious groups in particular lack access to quality healthcare facilities, but that …
