Acid water in East Java threatens biodiversity and local welfare
She went to investigate the local ecology. Yet during her field work on East Java, Dutch biologist Ansje Lohr became increasingly involved with the local residents, whose harvests failed and whose health was deteriorating due to extremely acidified and polluted river water. Lohr has recently received a second grant to help the Javanese population. Lohr's Ph.D. study was part of a larger pr...UK Woman To Raise Funds For Women Welfare
An UK born woman will be cycling across the Indian state of Rajasthan in an effort towards raising funds for the health of the women and children living in the state.// She will be covering 425 kilometers of desert land between 16 November and 26 November 2006. Jayne Watson who is a 36-year-old mother is reportedly undergoing training to accomplish this task. Watson, from Guisborough...Money Allocated for Child Welfare Programme In Kashmir
Srinagar, June 4. Nearly Rs 3.66 crore has been sanctioned for providing nutrition to children in 1,703 Aanganwari centres in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district //during the current fiscal, Social Welfare Minister Haji Nisar Ali said today. A total of 1,010 Aanganwari centres are functional in the district while 693 more are being set up during the current fiscal, Ali told a meeting of...Government’s Welfare Plan For Deprived Families Affect Other
A paper presented this week says the government’s program (1999) to help health and development of socially and financially deprived families// and their children benefits some people at the same time hurts some others. The program targets individual families with children under four in designated deprived areas. It provides outreach or home visiting, advice about family health and deve...National Institute Of Health & Family Welfare To Commercialize Its Products
A Memorandum of Agreement was signed today between the National Institute of Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW) and National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) for transfer of technology developed by the NIHFW in the fields of Thermo Stable Elisa Kits and Laboratory Kits for Testing Sperm Functions. The up scaling of technologies developed by the Institute will be taken up by NRDC for...An Indigenous Treatment Plan Offered by the Labor on Child Welfare
Australia-According to Labors new plan to tackle child abuse in indigenous communities, violent or alcoholic parents would be referred to treatment before their welfare was taken away. Last week the Federal Government seized control of more than 60 Northern Territory communities and announced it would impose alcohol and hardcore pornography bans, welfare restrictions and compulsory...Hospital and Welfare Services Union
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