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Madhya Pradesh Shows Indifferent Attitude Towards Infant Mortality

...rned about it, according to a study conducted by a voluntary group//. The state, one of the largest in the cou... the study conducted by the Centre for Advocacy, a voluntary group. The study says that even women lawmakers were not raising the issue effectively. The study ...

Sati Raises its Ugly Head in Madhya Pradesh

...Initially, the custom of sati was believed to be a voluntary Hindu act in which the woman decided to end her life with her husband after his death. But there were many incidences in which the women were forced to commit sati, sometimes even dragged against her wish to the lighted pyre," he added. Sati was ba...

Court Issues Order NACO On Gay Issue

...court in February 2004. The Naaz Foundation is a voluntary organization working among sex workers here to spread AIDS awareness. Dismissing the petition, a division bench comprising Justice B.C. Patel (since retired) and Justice B.D. Ahmed had said that since no cause of action had arisen, the petition cou...

Novel Device Developed To Help Autistic Individuals Communicate Better

...on autistic individuals who would participate in a voluntary study, to be conducted this week. Identification of a high resolution camera that can be worn comfortably by the user and training autistic individuals to view the camera while its captures the listeners facial expressions represent some of the signi...

New Network To Ease Blood donation In India

...rs.com is an SMS- and email-based alert system for voluntary blood donors. It alerts registered blood donors in "real time" whenever there's an emergency. Crossing cities and states in India, it ensures that donors donate at the blood bank of their choice, which is closest to their place of work or residence. ...

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Trial To Be Initiated Soon

...community members to participate in the trial on a voluntary basis. He also highlighted the need for increased financial and political support, to achieve the predefined research objectives. Both KEMRI and the Foundation have been involved in conducting vaccine trials over the past eight years. The Kenya ba...

High Demand For Circumcision In AIDS-Hit Swaziland

... increased tendency to undertake circumcision on a voluntary basis. Mothers play a crucial role in urging their sons to get circumcised. Mbabane clinic that used to perform less than 1 circumcision a month prior to the study now performs nearly 10 circumcisions a week. The practice of circumcision is widely ...

Poland: Parental warning systems are likely to be adopted in video games.

...ffensive language, sexual content or violence on a voluntary basis on the label. Other countries such as Australia and New Zealand have enforced some of the toughest legislation in the world, introducing bans on excessively violent video games and Poland wants to join the race....

Metal traces in infant formula cans responsible for recall.

...Nutritionals of EVANSVILLE, Indiana, initiated the voluntary recall of 24-ounce cans with batch number BMJ19 printed on the bottom of the cans. The justification of the company for the recall is public health concern. As the metal particles, up to 2.7 millimeter in size, can pose a serious risk to an infant's...

Should Sale Of Organ Be Legalized?

... by the medical field but statistics show that the voluntary sale of purchased donor kidneys now accounts for thousands of black market transplants. The price for a kidney is about ￡23,000 and the doctors asked that an agency be set up to regulate the market. Dr Michael Wilks, chairman of the British Medic...

PFCAs Detected in the Artic

...nst the spread of fluorinated polymers and hence a voluntary action by the industry or imposing controls through government regulations should be done fast. Environment Canada proposed that substances containing fluorinated polymers degrade slowly and release fluorotelomer alcohols. These alcohols can be tra...

School Children Taken Ill After Free Meal

...mitted to hospitals after taking a meal given by a voluntary organization. // District Collector N. Ayappan said the condition of the girls, who belong to the Cotton Hill Girls High School and Government School at Manacuad, are stable. The district administration is not reported to have taken a part in the fre...

DMAA to Develop Disease Management Standards by December

...Management Association of America is a non-profit, voluntary membership association representing all stakeholders in the disease management industry through public and private advocacy targeting the health care industry, government agencies, employers and the general public in an effort to educate them on the ...

Happiness in the wake of quake: 7,000 births every month

...31 was no deadline for vacating tents but it was a voluntary act. “A couple of months ago we feared a second wave of deaths. It has not happened but we remain vigilant,” said Vandemoortele. So relief efforts are underway and the agencies are working towards rehabilitation of the quake affected people. <...

RPB grants $7.9 Million Towards Research

... New York-based foundation and the world's leading voluntary health organization supporting eye research, awarded 81 grants, totaling more than $7.9 million in 2005.// The RPB seeks to contribute towards more effective clues with regard to ailments that afflict the eye, according to its President Diane S. Swif...

Kerala Bans The Sale Of Pan Masala Near Schools

...Department of the state will also seek the help of voluntary organizations to ensure the effectiveness of the new rules....

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.

...id Mary Nally, Chief executive, Senior Helpline, a voluntary organization. In view of the above situation, it is high time that a few questions are raised regarding the inhumane treatment offered to the elderly. At the outset, an initiative has to be taken to identify the level of awareness related to the v...

Indian Inc not proactive to HIV/AIDS threat: study

...gram, while only 29 percent have provision for any voluntary testing against the global average of 33 percent. ... In 50 percent of cases there was no provision for voluntary testing, 45 percent had no condoms program and 67 percent no treatment program. What is more discou...

France plans to protects its citizens from bird flu

...ines. The health ministry has asked for a combined voluntary interaction between veterinarians and farmers to report and avoid spread of bird flu infection in poultry. The minister confirmed that public exhibition and bird shows as been banned to avoid bird flu infection and the ministry would be ordering more...

Poverty Claims Valuable Lives Of Children In Orissa

... growth promotion," said Dharitri Rout of WOSCA, a voluntary group. Malaria is another major contributor to infant mortality. Over 60 percent of all malaria deaths in India are from Orissa. Keonjhar contributes 48 percent. Although the government-sponsored groups and NGOs have generated awareness, the impac...

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