The spread of HIV/AIDS in the sugarcane growing areas of Kenya's Nyanza Province is causing concern to health planners and sugar factory owners. For the once bouyant sugar industry is now reeling

UNICEF: Around half of Indonesia's children aged under five suffer from malnutrition as economic crisis plunges families into poverty, UNICEF official

Malaysian ministers suspect a deadly virus spread by pigs is a foreign plot to sabotge the economy, an idea dismissed by an Opposition leader on Tuesday as opening the country to

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Incidence of female infanticide has come down considerably following the intensive campaign and various measures initiated by the State Government, Mrs. Sargunapandian, Minister for Social Welfare,

The UK government has refused to end quarantine restrictions for domestic animals imported into Britain from North America because of the prevalence of rabies in the US and Canada. The much

Malaysia on Monday advised thousands working in the pig-breeding industry to wear eye goggles, face masks and plastic gloves as it struggled to combat two viruses blamed for killing 63

Apple-shaped children --those with more fat around the midsection-- have more heart disease risk factor than their pearshaped peers, a study reported recently.

The first Budget of the ruling Congress government has envisaged ambitious plans for the medical and public health sector. The plan includes a new immunisation programme, introduction of