Dietary guidelines for India 2024
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recently revised the dietary guidelines for Indians to provide healthier diet and lifestyle recommendations, ensuring dietary and nutritional requirements
Child Health
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60% swine flu patients in Agra are kids
Agra: Of the 50 cases of swine flu that have surfaced in Agra district this year, 60% are children. Children, the elderly and pregnant women are most vulnerable to HINI virus that causes swine flu, according
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15 new cases in a day spark swine flu scare in Lucknow
LUCKNOW: The surge in swine flu cases in the state capital hit another high with as many as 15 people testing positive for the H1N1 virus infection on Wednesday, the highest in a day this year. The
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Adding a nutrition behavior change communication component to an early childhood development intervention in Malawi: a cluster randomized trial
The Nutrition Embedded Evaluation Program Impact Evaluation (NEEP-IE) cluster randomized control trial (CRCT) aimed to assess the effectiveness of implementing an agriculture and nutritional intervention
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Share the road programme annual report 2018
The mobility needs of people who walk and cycle – often the majority of citizens in a city – continue to be overlooked. Even though the benefits of investing in pedestrians and cyclists can save lives,
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Zero deaths in 2018, Goa targets rabies-free 2020
With 5.2 lakh children and 23,000 school teachers educated on the virus in four years, with close to 1 lakh dogs vaccinated annually, and 106 positive samples between 2017 and 2018, Goa is the first state
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Delhi: Lack of consent puts measles-rubella vaccination campaign in limbo
The High Court on January 22 had made it clear to the Delhi government that the risks of administering measles and rubella vaccine have to be indicated in its advertisements if the drive has to be carried
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Tell people about pros and cons of MR vaccine: HC
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Tuesday made it clear that the AAP government has to publicise pros and cons, including the risks of administering measles and rubella (MR) vaccine to schoolchildren. It
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Diphtheria deaths: DCW asks police to file case
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued a notice to Delhi Police to register an FIR in the matter of death of children at a hospital in September last year, when 21 children died of diphtheria
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Measles-rubella vaccination campaign: Vaccination in schools halted by Delhi HC
Court says Delhi govt plan lacks consent of parents, asks ads to be issued to spread awareness about vaccine The Delhi High Court Tuesday put on hold till further orders the Delhi government’s ambitious
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Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
<p>Food systems have the potential to nurture human health and support environmental sustainability, however our current trajectories threaten both. The EAT–Lancet Commission addresses the need to