Health

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Foundation

Publication Date: 
14/07/2009
Vibha Varshney
Down to Earth
Tags:
Malnutrition, Health, Malaria, Maternal Health, Health Care, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Child Health, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Finance, Aid, Aid Agencies, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), India, Developing Countries
People

The Tragedy of Chhattisgarh

Your editorial

Publication Date: 
11/07/2009
Nandini Sundar
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Malnutrition, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Displacement, People, Rehabilitation, Compensation, Supreme Court, Human Rights, Political Parties, Chhattisgarh, Dantewada (D), Bijapur (D), Naxalites
Climate Change

G8 Summit To Set 2 Degrees Celsius Global Warming Goal

G8 leaders were due to agree a goal of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels at a summit in Italy on Wednesday.

Here are some facts about the target, previously adopted by European Union nations and due to be widened to the United States, Russia, Japan and Canada.

2 DEGREES DOESN'T SOUND MUCH?

Publication Date: 
09/07/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Malnutrition, Canada, Climate Change, IPCC, Green House Gases, Global Warming, GDP, Heat Waves, Floods, Economy, Drought, Water Supply, Fossil Fuels, Japan, Russia, United States Of America (US), European Union (EU)
Food Policy

G8 Food Security Plan Timely-World Bank's Zoellick

A plan by G8 industrial countries to boost food security through increased farming investment is important and timely, and should not only focus on production but also on addressing hunger and malnutrition, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
09/07/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Agriculture, Malnutrition, WTO, World Bank, South Africa, China, Russia, United States Of America (US), Brazil, India, Food Security
Food Policy

Food Security Act soon

ALOK SHARMA

Publication Date: 
07/07/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Malnutrition, Poverty, Food Security
Health

Indigenous health part 1: determinants and disease patterns

The world's almost 400 million Indigenous people have low standards of health. This poor health is associated with poverty, malnutrition, overcrowding, poor hygiene, environmental contamination, and prevalent infections. Inadequate clinical care and health promotion, and poor disease prevention services aggravate this situation.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2009
Michael Gracey, Malcolm King
Lancet
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Tags:
Lifestyles, Malnutrition, Health, Consumption Patterns, Tribals, Health Care, Heart Diseases, Diabetes, Non Communicable Diseases, Obesity, Mental Health, Poverty, Australia
Food Policy

Food coupons to tackle malnutrition

Terming mal nutrition as a major threat to social and economic development, the Economic Survey 2008-09 stressed on the need to modify the existing policies and programmes to tackle the problem

Publication Date: 
03/07/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Supply, Malnutrition
Health

About 50 pc mothers, children affected with anemia in Natore

About 50 percent mother and children in Natore are affected with anemia while one third women of Natore district are suffering from long-term malnutrition, creating a sort of threat for a healthy nation.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
New Nation (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Malnutrition, Women, Children, Anaemia, Bangladesh
Agriculture

FAO and the G8 summit

In this background paper, FAO calls for bolds action to address food security crisis. Explains the causes underlying today's food security crisis, the scope of the problem, the prospects for the longer term

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
FAO
Tags:
Agriculture, Malnutrition, Climate Change, FAO, Food Security
Health

Improving effectiveness and outcomes for the poor in health, nutrition, and population

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

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
The World Bank
Tags:
Nutrition, Malnutrition, Infant mortality, Health, Population, Medical Systems, Finance, Poverty, Public Sector, Private Sector, India, Developing Countries

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