Health

Combating the dual nutrition burden in children

AT the time of independence, India faced the twin problems of acute and chronic undernutrition of its children. This was essentially a result of low dietary intake because of poverty and low purchasing power, high prevalence of infection because of poor access to safe drinking water, sanitation and health care and poor utilization of available facilities due to low literacy and lack of awareness.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2007
Prema Ramachandran
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Malnutrition, Children, Health Care, Health Policy, Immunisation, Vaccination, Child Health, Breast Feeding, Nutritional Diseases, India, Kerala
Health

Cradle of Death

Widely feted for its impressive performance in the social sector, a spate of deaths of newborns in one of the state's premier hospitals has raised questions over Kerala's overall healthcare system-----

Publication Date: 
21/05/2007
M.G. Radhakrishnan
India Today (New Delhi)
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Infant mortality, Maternal Health, Health Care, Kerala
India

 In court

Kerala's Cola rift A division bench of the Kerala High Court recently allowed Pepsico to begin operations in its plant in Puthussery village panhayat in Kerala's Palakkad district. In 2004, the

Publication Date: 
14/05/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Soft Drinks, PepsiCo, Groundwater, Carbon Dioxide, Hydroelectricity, High Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Panchayats, United States Of America (US), Delhi, Kerala, Palakkad (D), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Agriculture

Plant diversity utilization in homegardens of Kerala: A changing scenario

In Kerala, the homestead farming is the most prevalent type of land use system covering about 88% of the total landholding and about 41% of the total cultivable area of the state.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2007
U.M. Chandrashekara, E.C. Baiju
Evergreen
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Agriculture, Home Gardens, Plant Biodiversity, Kerala
India

 SC refuses interim relief to Kerala government in Coke case

On February 15, 2007, the Supreme Court refused to grant interim relief to the Kerala government, which had challenged a high court order quashing a ban on the sale of cola products in the state. A

Publication Date: 
14/03/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pesticides, Food Contamination, Soft Drinks, Coca Cola, Pesticide Residues, Supreme Court, High Court, India, Kerala
Pesticides And Toxins

 Fudging data

In 2001 Tamil Nadu-based accredited private laboratory Fredrick Institute of Plant Protection and Toxicology (fippat, now International Institute of Bio-technology and Toxicology) came out with a

Publication Date: 
14/03/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Endosulfan, Pesticide Residues, Endosulfan Case, Kerala, Kasaragod (D), Tamil Nadu
Pesticides And Toxins

Facing hazards at work : agricultural workers and pesticide exposure in Kuttanad, Kerala

Pesticides are responsible for hundreds of cases of poisoning in the developing world, where information and training on the potential negative health effects of these chemicals is often lacking. While the impact of the indiscriminate use of toxic

Publication Date: 
01/03/2007
P. Indira Devi, Rufus Bellamy, Priya Shyamsundar
SANDEE
Tags:
Pesticides, Rice, Health Effects, Agricultural Labourers, Pesticides And Toxins, Pesticide Residues, India, Kerala
India

 Cauvery tribunal awards, states reject

though the verdict on the Cauvery water dispute was pronounced on February 5, 2007, it has failed to reach a lasting consensus. The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (cwdt) took 16 years to come up

Publication Date: 
27/02/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Cauvery, Conflicts, Interstate Disputes, India, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu
India

 Cochin needs to preserve its green lungs

Documentary

Publication Date: 
27/02/2007
S V Suresh Babu
Down to Earth
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Mangroves, Birds, Migratory Species, Protected Area Conservation, Sanctuaries, Cinema, India, Kerala, Kochi
India

 Hindustan Insecticides to resume work amidst pollution charges

on january 7, 2006, the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (kspcb) permitted Hindustan Insecticides Limited (hil), a central government-owned enterprise manufacturing ddt and endosulfan, to resume

Publication Date: 
14/02/2007
P N VENUGOPAL
Down to Earth
Tags:
River Pollution, Periyar, Pesticide Industry, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Waste Disposal, DDT, Endosulfan, India, Kerala

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