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Where Children Lead the Sanitation Drive

... part of the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) being implemented in the state by the Ministry of Rural Development's drinking water supply department, reports Grassroots Features. Children are more open to new ideas and they carry home important messages on personal hygiene and cleanliness to their parents, obse...

Village Health Centres to the Rescue of Infants

...ild mortality and morbidity and is currently being implemented in more than 80 countries. Rabi Narayan Kanungo, a retired chief district medical officer, said: "The IMNCI strategy was adopted in October 2004 with Unicef's support to reduce the neonatal mortality rate (NMR) in India. NMR accounts for at least ...

Sex Education In Schools

...olescence Education Programme (AEP) which is being implemented by all the States and Union Territories of the country. The Programme is aimed at the following learning outcomes: (i) to make the learners aware of the major concerns, i.e. process of growing up during adolescence, HIV/AIDS and drug (substance) a...

‘Condom Bar’ to Create Awareness Among Youngstes

...ieu of loose change. That this new idea is being implemented by a semi-government organisation - Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corp (CITCO) - makes it even more unique. "Condoms should be seen as friends and people should get over with inhibitions regarding it. We at CITCO wanted to fulfil ou...

Polio Cases In The Country

...ng action are being taken: ? Two full NID rounds implemented in January and February 2007 ? One SNID implemented in UP, Bihar and in other high risk States/ districts in March and April 2007. Mop up rounds have b...

Lifestyle changes not prescription drugs to fight diabetes, say scientists

...rly at least as effective as glitazones and can be implemented considerably more cheaply.' There is also a danger that offering drugs would send out the wrong message to people - that they could reduce their risk without making lifestyle changes. Simon O'Neill from Diabetes UK said: 'Much more research needs...

Campaign for Safe Drinking Water in India, Nepal

...stment of $300,000. The project in India will be implemented in West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. Working in association with local non-government organisations (NGOs), the scheme aims at introducing rain water harvesting (RWH) system in various schools in different areas of these two states. The UN Habitat ha...

Global Momentum for Smoke-Free Indoor Environments at Tipping Point

...national indoor smoke-free policies that are being implemented or will be implemented in the near future. Lead author Dr. Howard Koh, Professor and Associate Dean of Public Health Prac...

Campaign Against Obesity Taken to Schools in US

... program called ‘Healthy School.’ This is being implemented in collaboration with the Michigan Health System. Around twelve hundred sixth graders are being taught different ways and means of tackling obesity. In the program different methods are used to teach the children. They have a 20-minute lesson, str...

New Guidelines to Address Growing Obesity Epidemic

...ng and to prevent overweight and obesity should be implemented in schools to reduce the risk of childhood obesity; these include interventions to increase daily physical activity through physical education class-time and opportunities for active recreation; "Screen time" (e.g. television watching, and video or...

Blood Pressure Tackled Better With Cocoa Than Tea

...s write. 'However, cocoa and tea are currently not implemented in cardioprotective or anti-hypertensive dietary advice, although both have been associated with lower incidences of cardiovascular events.' Dirk Taubert, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues at the University Hospital of Cologne, Germany, conducted a meta-...

OBC Creamy Layer May Be Dropped from Reservations in Institutions

...stay cannot be vacated and the OBC reservation not implemented right away from the next academic session, the extra seats and infrastructure facilities provided to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to implement the quota should be withdrawn till the policy ...

National Neurosurgery Awareness Week Kicks Off During Annual Meeting of the AANS

... two of ongoing Web site improvements the AANS has implemented over the last two years. The section entitled Conditions & Treatments has been completely revised and updated. The most up-to-date information is provided on more than 50 neurosurgical conditions and diseases. Included are essential components such a...

COAG Must Make Combating Severe Allergies A National Priority

...gic reactions – a move Dr Haikerwal said should be implemented nationally. 'Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has done the right thing – now COAG has the opportunity to implement a quick, easy, inexpensive national policy that will save lives,' Dr Haikerwal said. Automatic adrenaline injection devices – known...

New Standards Could Cut Number of Malnourished Children on Feeding Programs

...y required and should be completed before they are implemented by aid agencies running emergency nutrition programs. Source-Newswise/...

Teens Get Needed Access to Care With State Health Insurance

...s for outreach and enrollment and some states have implemented other policies that have created barriers to adolescents’ eligibility. "The federal government has made adolescent enrollment in these state-run programs a priority, but substantial work remains to ensure all adolescents receive the care they need,...

West African Meningitis Outbreak Sparks Warning from UN Aid Agencies

...the education, prevention and response initiatives implemented over the last several decades.” Meningitis bacteria, which affect the lining surrounding the brain and spinal cord, are transmitted from person to person through droplets of respiratory or throat secretions. Close and prolonged contact – such as ki...

TB Incidence on Rise Among Children in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra

...hort Course), a WHO recommended strategy, is being implemented from 1997 in the country in a phased manner. 'Our objective is to achieve a cure rate of 85 per cent of new sputum positive cases and to detect at least 70 per cent of such cases,' the official said. All children below six years of age who are ho...

India to Market Female Condoms

... completed by the year-end. The scheme is being implemented in eight states simultaneously, with an initial acceptability study done in Tamil Nadu and an operation research study in Gujarat and West Bengal. TANSACS Wednesday announced that it has acquired 60,000 female condoms and has begun distributing th...

Nigerian Programme Increases Polio Immunisation

...er month in the northern areas. Nigeria has also implemented several Sub-National Immunization Days, during which OPV is administered to children aged 0–59 months through house-to-house visits by health workers. But Mahmud warned that, despite the initiative, the northern states are still high-risk areas, as...

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