Health

Free teachers from mid-day meal scheme

BHUBANESWAR: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has recommended that the implementation of the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme should be fully offloaded from the teachers to give them adequate time for teaching activities.

Publication Date: 
24/02/2009
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Child Health, Mid-Day Meal Programme, Education, Orissa (Odisha), Bhubaneswar
Health

Mid-day meal scheme to include madrasas, differently-abled

Chandigarh: With an aim to expand the benefits of the mid-day meal scheme, the Education department has decided to include madrasas, as well as a school for the physically and mentally challenged in the scheme.

The plan has already been tabled before the Administration.

Publication Date: 
23/02/2009
Indian Express (Chandigarh)
Tags:
People, Child Health, Mid-Day Meal Programme, Physical Disability, Chandigarh
Health

SC notice to Ramadoss, Centre over closure of vaccine plants

Shutdown Led To Shortage And Spiralling Of Prices: PIL
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Publication Date: 
21/02/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health, Vaccination, Child Health, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, India
Health

Govt doubles funds for child plan

Publication Date: 
21/02/2009
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Nutrition, Development, Health Education, Child Health, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), India
Sanitation

Sanitation programmes: A glass half-full

While appreciating the efforts made through the article

Publication Date: 
21/02/2009
Benny George
Economic and Political Weekly
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Waterborne diseases, Health, Diarrhoea, Rural Sanitation, Women, Child Health, India, Chhattisgarh
Health

Health Ministry to re-start vaccine production

In a face saving exercise after it was rapped for discontinuation of vaccine production in public sector units, the Health Ministry announced selective and phased-manner re-starting of vaccine production at the three public sector undertakings, which had been directed to stop production one year ago.

Publication Date: 
19/02/2009
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health, Vaccination, Child Health, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, Himachal Pradesh
Health

Midday meal allocation gives food for thought

Mumbai: The national allocation for the midday meal scheme in the interim budget announced on Monday remains the same as last year. The programme, which is one of the world's biggest school-feeding schemes, has been given Rs8,000 crore for 2009-10.

Publication Date: 
17/02/2009
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Child Health, Mid-Day Meal Programme, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Health

 What is healthy oil for our healthy bodies

Commercial interests determine content The oil we eat is essential for our body to function. We cannot do without it. Thus it is important to understand its chemistry. It is agreed that healthy oil is one which has less saturated fat, more monounsaturated fat (mufa) and polyunsaturated fats (pufa) is balanced between the two. It should also be rich in omega 3, 6 and 9 fatty acids (see box

Publication Date: 
14/02/2009
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Food Policy, Nutrition, Food Standards, Food Standard Authority, Edible Oils, Fast Foods, Food Process Industry, Health Effects, Health, Child Health, CSE Study, United States Of America (US), India

 The missing public

Where is the public in public health policy? Years ago, when this author studied policy making in public health at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, his teachers harped regularly on one point. They said public health is 90 per cent about people and just 10 per cent about drugs and other medical paraphernalia. The truism seems to have been overturned today. Public

Publication Date: 
14/02/2009
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Health, Primary Health Care, Medical Research, Drugs, Drug Industry, Vaccination, Child Health, UNICEF, WHO, Europe, United States Of America (US), Developing Countries
Health

 Six reasons you should not have trans fats

Heart diseases Trans fats in the hydrogenated oils are worse than saturated fats. They decrease the amount of good cholesterol (hdl). This makes consumption of hydrogenated fats especially bad for the heart. For example, increase of five grammes of trans fats per day could lead to a 25 per cent increase in the risk of cardiovascular disease Diabetes Trans fats interfere with

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14/02/2009
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Edible Oils, Food Process Industry, Health Effects, Cancer, Health, Child Health, Heart Diseases, Diabetes, Mental Health, CSE Study, India

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