Manmohan Singh to Inaugurate Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Conference
...l Water Supply Programme (ARWSP), ARWSP (DDP), sub mission on quality control and the national quality and surveillance programme will also be reviewed. The total sanitation campaign and the Nirmal Gram Puraskar will also be taken up for discussion and review under rural sanitation. The usage of web base...Malaysian Astronaut to Conduct Cancer Research in Space
...into space in October 2007 as part of a scientific mission aboard the International Space Station. The two countries signed a deal to send the cosmonaut into space on board Russia's Soyuz spacecraft during a visit to Malaysia by Russian President Vladimir Putin in August 2003. It is part of a billion-dol...New Lifeline Express Train Inaugurated
...er said that Lifeline Express, with its successful mission to provide medical facilities to the poor people of far-flung areas, has now been included in the school syllabus of the Central Board of Secondary Education. He said that the new Lifeline Express Train would remain for display for four days at Natio...Southeast Missouri State Provides High-tech Protection Against Staph Infections
...M) system throughout its athletic complexes in its mission to prevent the spread of bacterial infections. Provided by SportCoatings and partner General Sports Venue(TM) (GSV), the university has treated the locker rooms, training rooms and the moveable mats at the Rosegarten Athletic Facility, the Show Me ...Virginity Rules-Meant To Be Broken?
...tes of abstinence education vow to fight for their mission because to them, it is not just a matter of sexuality or even public health. Getting a teenager to the other side of high school without viruses or babies is a bonus, but not the real goal. They see casual sex as toxic to future marriage, family and ...FICCI Proposes Models To Solve Indias Healthcare Crisis
...d around $203 billion (Rs 912,375 crores), if the mission of achieving 'Health for all' is to be attained by 2012. The FICCI itself has put forward five models of public-private partnership (PPP), which are PPP options for primary and secondary healthcare, a network of diagnostic centers, capital expendit...Climatic Change Cause of Dafur Conflict-UN
...19,000 peacekeepers to replace the 7,000-member AU mission now in Darfur. Ban called the agreement "significant progress" after "four years of diplomatic inertia." But he warned that a long-term solution was needed for "the essential dilemma" - the scarcity of good land. "Any peace in Darfur must be buil...US Astronauts Successfully Complete Fourth Space Walk
...is. NASA decided to extend the current shuttle's mission by at least two days after an inspection revealed slight damage to its thermal blanket. In 2003 similar heat shield damage led to the disintegration of the Columbia shuttle, which resulted in the death of seven astronauts on re-entry into Earth's a...Sunita Returns June 21 After 194-day Record Space Odyssey
...reaking 194-day space odyssey by a woman with the mission managers giving the green signal. Sunita and six...ark set by US astronaut Shannon Lucid in 1996 on a mission to the Russian Mir space station. The Atlantis received the go-ahead Monday after the Space Statio...Israel Offers Help to India in Tackling Water Scarcity
...onshine, the Israeli consul general in Mumbai. The mission organised the seminar with the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Giving some statistics, experts at the seminar said that per capita availability of water in India had dipped from 6,000 cubic metres at the time of independence in 1947 to 1,6...One Fifth of Timor Needs Food Assistance: UN Report
...ded. The new report, based on a joint assessment mission carried out by the two UN agencies in March and April, suggests substantial reductions in all of the country's crops due in large part to recurring drought, especially on the north coast, and an outbreak of locust infestations in the western regions....New Definition Helps Identify Children at Risk of Metabolic Syndrome
...betes associations in more than 150 countries. Its mission is to promote diabetes care, prevention and a cure worldwide. IDF is a non-governmental organization in official relations with the World Health Organization....Leading Hospital in Andhra Plans Expansion
...oma Raju. "The hospital was working to release its mission of making quality medical care affordable and accessible," he said. The hospital also plans to double its bed strength to 2,000 in south and central India by the end of next year. It has a target of 5,000 beds by end of 2010 across the country, Raj...Surgery- Very Effective for Common Back Pain
...nsel their patients about treatment options. The mission of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), a part of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, is to support research into the causes, treatment and prevention of arthritis a...Routine Hib Vaccination Could Save Innumerable Asian Children
...adesh views Hib vaccine as an integral tool in our mission to improve child survival in Bangladesh. This study supported the conclusions of the consultative workshop organized in June 2006 by WHO around the introduction of the Hib vaccine into Bangladesh," said Dr. Md. Abdul Quader Mian, Deputy Director EPI ...Hib Vaccination can Prevent Pneumonia
...adesh views Hib vaccine as an integral tool in our mission to improve child survival in Bangladesh, said Dr. Md. Abdul Quader Mian, Deputy Director EPI and Programme Manager Child Health & LCC, Ministry of Health, Bangladesh. This study supported the conclusions of the consultative workshop organized in June...NASA Gets Ready To Address Tough Questions
As NASA plans to launch its first manned mission to Mars, it has taken its first shaky steps on add...id of the body of a dead astronaut on a three-year mission to Mars and back? When should the plug be pulled on a critically ill astronaut who is using up preci...DBT And IAVI Forge Partnership To Develop Next Generation Vaccine Candidates
...AVI) is a global not-for-profit organization whose mission is to ensure the development of safe, effective, accessible, preventive HIV vaccines for use throughout the world. Founded in 1996 and operational in 24 countries, IAVI and its network of collaborators research and develop vaccine candidates. IAVI's ...Johns Hopkins Medicine Honors U.A.E. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan
...facilities of the Johns Hopkins Health System. Its mission is to improve the health of the community and the world by setting the standard of excellence in medical education, research and clinical care. The School of Medicine receives more federal research funding than any other medical school in the Unite......ce then their service to humanity began. With a mission 'to inspire, encourage and initiate at all times all forms of humanitarian activities' it has aimed at minimising suffering and created more congenial climate for peace. The society has been dealing a series of activities that include hospital serv...