Full coverage: Health

30.04.2007 A report by ActionAid reveals that the business practices of UK supermarkets are forcing women workers in the cashew industry in India to live in acute poverty and work in unhealthy conditions.

23.04.2007 LOS ANGELES, Apr 23 (OneWorld) - Sean Huze smokes a cigarette on the first floor patio of his two bedroom apartment in the heart of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. The 32-year-old Iraq war veteran still keeps his hair in a crew-cut and wears a sweatshirt that reads "Marines" across the front.

21.04.2007

20.04.2007 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), on April 18, 2007, released its latest publication entitled, 'Sewage Canal: How to Clean the Yamuna'. CSE also premiered a 32-minute video on the subject, 'Faecal Attraction: Political Economy of Defecation', which explodes various myths about river cleaning. At the release function, Sunita Narain,director CSE, pointed out that money and technology cannot revive the Yamuna, and other approaches would have to be adopted.

20.04.2007 The findings of the survey done by WHO in six states of India, distinctly states that health costs are out of the reach of the poor and made them more vulnerable to ill-health. In fact for many, poverty has been exacerbated due to debt and selling of assets for the meeting of health expenses.

20.04.2007 Food security can ensure physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food for a healthy life. But startling food insecurity and poor health indicators make it essential to bring these issues to the fore. Indian Social Institute intends to build capacities for achieving food security and ensuring healthy living through a 2 day workshop on Food Security and Health Promotion: Approaches and Strategies" from April 27-28, 2007 within its premises at Indian Social Institute, 10 Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003.

19.04.2007 Kolkata-based NGO, Center for Social Market (CSM) is initiating a series of seminars - Climate Conversation - on Climate Change in the Indian cities of Kochi and Kolkatta in June 2007. The organisation feels the need for the civil society organisations to interact with policymakers to raise awareness on climate change and security issues.

18.04.2007 In this paper, presented at the national workshop on Gender Budgeting as an effective tool for women's empowerment, organised by the Equity Foundation Patna and the Planning Commission of India on 15th April, 2007, Dr. Vibhuti Patel, Director, PGSR, SNDT Women's University Mumbai, shares a detailed analysis of the state of gender budgeting in India.

17.04.2007 Indian communities facing environmental and health damages due to Coca-Cola’s bottling operations in Kerala plan to protest and question the company's shareholders and management at its annual general meeting at Wilmington, Delaware, US.

17.04.2007 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon shown his concern for the urban poor who are at risk to the climate change and call for International support intended for the improvement of the lives of the slum dwellers by the realization of MDGs goals by 2020.

17.04.2007 Greenpeace India has launched a national campaign for a ban on the incandescent light bulb and has asked for legislation for its implementation. It hopes to fight climate change in India as well as tackle India’s energy crisis.

16.04.2007 The Central Information Commission (CIC) on Friday directed the Department of Bio-technology (DBT) to make public the data generated from the tests carried out with genetically engineered crops by agro-biotech companies. This RTI is in response to an appeal petition filed by Greenpeace.

12.04.2007 Afrikan valtiot käyttävät keskimäärin 3-10 prosenttia budjeteistaan terveydenhuoltoon. Vuonna 2001 sovittu tavoite on vähintään 15 prosenttia, muistutettiin Afrikan unionin terveysministerien kokouksessa.

12.04.2007 Suomen Punaisen Ristin terveysohjelma tuo kauan kaivattuja terveyspalveluja Pohjois-Mosambikin syrjäseuduille. Ohjelman puitteissa rakennetaan ensiapuasemia, terveyskeskuksia ja koulutetaan vapaaehtoisia.

11.04.2007 Tired of waiting for governments to deliver on promises, activists, experts and people living with HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific will push for stronger community leadership in the battle against the disease at a regional summit to be held in this city in August.

10.04.2007 Greenpeace released a report 'Energy [R]evolution: A sustainable Energy Outlook for India', outlining the strategy for meeting India's energy needs while effectively tackling climate change.

09.04.2007 Hay en marcha varios proyectos nacionales e internacionales para tomar muestras de sangre (u otros tejidos) y usar la información genética de los pueblos indios. Este tipo de proyecto vampiro no es un fenómeno nuevo. Han sido el vehículo privilegiado para la biopiratería y el patentamiento de genes indígenas en muchas partes del mundo

09.04.2007 Reacting to the IPCC report on climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the impacts of climate change are increasingly noticeable, and likely to become more so in the future as extreme weather events intensify. He also urged countries to work on mitigating the worst effects of climate change.

07.04.2007 Grupi Joformal i Deputeteve të Kuvendit të Kosovës, ka organizuar të premten një tryezë me rastin e shënimit të 7 prillit - Ditës botërore të shëndetësisë.

06.04.2007 Çdo vit me 7 prill, bota e shënon Ditën Botërore të Shëndetit. Në këtë ditë rreth rruzullit tokësor organizohen mijëra aktivitete për të shënuar rëndësinë e kësaj dite për një shëndet produktiv dhe për një jetë më të mirë dhe të hareshme.