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Pigs Population A Major Threat To Encephalitis Ravaged UP

...community," says Suresh Valmiki, the resident of a slum in Bastaoli. "If we do away with our pigs, how do ...ke two ends meet?" Ram Prasad Pasi from the same slum is not oblivious to the threat that pigs pose to the health and lives of his children and other resi...

Orissa found to be worst affected by the killer disease, AIDS

...labourers, fisher folk community, jail inmates and slum women labour force. It has been proposed to initiate another 26 targeted intervention projects in 23 districts during the year. National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has approved 15 new targeted intervention projects for the state, amounting to...

Good Response from Pregnant Women in Delhi for Free ART Therapy

... services and counseling services, in the rural or slum areas where people are largely ignorant regarding the spread of HIV. The Delhi Health Department, has also initiated several of `Stree Shakti' camps to promote free health tests detecting the presence of infection. Several health centers popularly ...

Gujarat Records Fall In AIDS Cases

...organizations actively working with sex workers in slum areas," said Jani. Edited IANS...

Poor Quality Of Drinking Water Blamed For Cholera Cases In Delhi

...tributed to residents of unauthorised colonies and slum clusters through 1,800 booths in the capital. As part of preventive measures, health authorities tested 1,670 water samples, of which 26 were found unfit. As many as 810,796 chlorine tablets and 4,896 ORS packets have also been distributed. Talki...

Rural Poor are Better off Than Slum Dwellers: UN Report

...ncrete data to reveal that the world's one billion slum dwellers are more likely to die earlier, experienc...e urban poor suffer from an urban penalty, as such slum dwellers in developing countries are as badly off, if not worse off than their rural relatives. "F...

Monsoon Related Diseases On The Rise In Mumbai

...d that doctors have already been dispatched to the slum and areas for the collection of samples. Vijaysinh Patankar, the additional Municipal Commissioner, confirming the number of deaths, has accused the media of blowing the issue out of proportion. He said, “The media needs to be a little careful as M...

A slum in Mumbai – breeding ground for disease

The Baiganwadi slum at Govandi is becoming a source of fright to the M.... The health department officials visited the slum and found it to be a breeding ground for diseases. The open drains were clogged with garbage and the...

Intervention Needed to Break 'Silence' on Reproductive Health

... from 2.9 percent to 27.7 percent in the Pune city slum intervention. In the rural Maharashtra study, th.... Unmarried girls in rural Maharashtra and Delhi slum programmes experienced greater self-confidence and improved ability to negotiate important decisions...

Iron rich rice to beat anaemia in children

...ed a study on the benefits of the rice in an urban slum in Bangalore in cooperation with St John's National Academy of Health Sciences. The study found: "Extruded rice fortified with micronised ground ferric pyrophosphate (MGFP) has excellent sensory characteristics." "Fed in a school lunch meal, it inc...

Fresh Polio Case Reported in Jammu

...cember, the capital reported its sixth case from a slum cluster in Rohini. The strain was detected in an eight-month-old boy. Source-IANS...

Philippines To Arrive At Guidelines On Organ Donations

...ey conducted by the University of the Philippines, slum dwellers were selling their kidneys for $1,440 to $2,469. JYT...

Solutions Possible for Providing Water and Sanitation in Poor Urban Settlements, Says WaterAid

... all plans and reforms, Individual connections for slum dwellers, irrespective of tenure; underground/covered drainage within slums; community managed toilets/ bathing and washing utilities; door to door collection of garbage in collaboration with SHGs; building people’s agency through civil society; the ...

Rajasthan Launches Programs to Overcome Misconceptions About Childbirth

...ts on towns with more than 60 percent of the urban slum population in the state. Judd, who is also a member of the PSI board, said: "Woman is the nucleus of the family and we need to preserve good healthy conditions for the fairer sex to promote her family. We also intend to address the misconception th...

Bio-latrine Cleans Up Kenyan Slum and the Environment

... to burn to heat up water that can be purchased by slum dwellers. "At first I thought it was a very strange idea - that my own waste could be used for something - but now I'm used to it," said Kutilo, 22, stopping by the latrine to fill a basin with hot water she can then use for bathing, washing clothe...

Cuba is Exporting Healthcare Now

...rwise be unable to get a medical education. When a slum dweller in Port au Prince, a young indigenous person from Bolivia, the son or daughter of a farmer in Honduras, or a street vendor in the Gambia wants to become a doctor, they turn to Cuba. In some cases, Venezuela pays the bill. But most of the time...

Delivering the Green Message to Children

...gore International School. Four schools located in slum clusters are also among the participants. "Environment affects the child's everyday life, and the response in the schools has been extraordinary," says Nariman, daughter of legal luminary Fali S. Nariman. PEAS believes youngsters have a great pot...

Iraq's Orphans Left to the Kindness of Strangers

...indness of strangers. In Sadr City, a vast Shiite slum in northeast Baghdad controlled by the political movement of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, Husham Hassan, 37, cares for around 30 orphans in a home funded by private donations. Prior to opening the "Safety House," Hassan worked for another private...

Pregnant Women's Contest to Curb Infant Mortality

...use," said Babita, another community leader. The slum dwellers say the Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC), a voluntary organisation, has helped them understand the importance of health during pregnancy and also of hospital deliveries. "The health condition of the urban poor is a great issue. We have ...

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