Full coverage: Health

05.06.2006 In this paper, Gupta and Shriram present the findings of an investigation to understand the vulnerability of the population in Birla Institute and Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS) campus from the vector borne diseases spread through climate, temperature, precipitation, wind and ocean currents, human population movement and physical circulation. A digital map of BITS campus is generated with plotting components like hostels, institute, staff quarters, wells, market places and others.

02.06.2006 Déficit de recursos nacionales para el sida, falta de liderazgo a nivel nacional en la mayoría de los países y la permanente violación de los derechos humanos de las poblaciones más vulnerables, negándoles así el acceso a los servicios y a las herramientas efectivas de prevención del vih y a medicamentos que pudieran salvar sus vidas, son algunas de las situaciones que reveló el estudio publicado ayer por el Consejo Internacional de ONGs con Servicio en Sida (ICASO), en Toronto – Canadá.

02.06.2006 A youth camp on reproductive health ended at Sitakunda in Chittagong, Bangladesh yesterday.UNFPA under its Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in Asia (RHIYA) project and Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) jointly organised the camp at YPSA Human Resource Development Centre.

01.06.2006 OneWorld South Asia and Birla Institute of technology and science jointly launched a project titled Socio-economic upliftment of rural women through technology intervention: Realising Millennium Development Goals through ICTs on 13th February 2006 in the two panchayats, namely Jherli and Ghumansar, near BITS.

01.06.2006 Only 4.0 per cent households in the rural areas of Bangladesh can afford an optimal diet and about 39 per cent children under five years of age there are stunted.

01.06.2006 Povodom 31-og Maja, Svjetskog Dana borbe protiv pušenja, Savez za prevenciju alkoholizma, nikotinizma i narkomanije Makedonije, i ekološko društvo “Opstanak” zahtjevaju hitno usvajanje Nacionalnog programa za prevenciju ovisnosti, koji će doprinjeti da država pomjeri fokus svojih aktivnosti sa liječenja posljedica na prevenciju.

01.06.2006 En 25 años, 25 millones de personas murieron como consecuencia del HIV/Sida y, actualmente, cerca de 38 millones de personas viven con el virus, aunque muchas de ellas ni lo saben.