Agriculture & Nutrition
Speeding HIV’s deadly spread: multiple, concurrent partners drive disease in Southern Africa
FRANCISTOWN, Botswana -- The young and hip at ground zero of the AIDS epidemic meet, drink and pair off under the knowing gaze of bartender Brian Khumalo. Sometimes they first buy a three-pack of condoms from the box he keeps by the liquor, sometimes not....
Giving babies nutritious food could significantly increase their earning power as adults, new research suggests
Giving babies nutritious food could significantly increase their earning power as adults, new research suggests.The findings, published in the British medical journal The Lancet, were based on a three-decade study of Guatemalan males from birth....
Global vaccination campaign cuts measles deaths
Child deaths from measles have fallen by 60% following a massive global vaccination campaign. A study in The Lancet confirms that hundreds of thousands of lives have been saved since 1999, surpassing a target of halving deaths by 2005....
3.5 million children die every year because of lack of food or poor quality food
A third of child deaths globally are caused by poor nutrition, experts warn. Around 3.5 million children die every year because of lack of food or poor quality food, a problem which starts in the womb, studies show....
Prime Minister Singh calls large Indian nutrition program a failure–says program has been poorly implemented
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HIV epidemic ‘is getting worse’
Sub-Saharan Africa is still bearing the brunt of the HIV/Aids epidemic, a UNAids report has revealed. Almost three-quarters of deaths from Aids in 2006 occurred there and two-thirds of those living with HIV are in that area....
ZIMBABWE: Five year plan to battle HIV/AIDS on farms launched
Mali’s largest union sent a shot across the government’s bows on Monday by making good on a promise to hold a 24-hour strike, describing it as a “warning” and vowing to press on until its demands were met....
Why children die for lack of a toilet
(Cape Town, November 9, 2006) Simply installing a flush toilet in the home increases by almost 60 percent a Peruvian child’s chances of surviving to her first birthday, according to data in the 2006 Human Development Report documenting the often-fatal consequences of inadequate sanitation in devel...
In South Africa, a dramatic shift on AIDS–treatment, prevention get new emphasis
JOHANNESBURG -- The South African government is seeking to shake off years of international denunciation for its handling of the AIDS epidemic -- including a fixation on the supposed protective powers of beets and lemons -- while expanding treatment, testing and prevention programs, officials and ac...
World Health Organization backs DDT for malaria control, reversing 30 year policy
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reversed a 30-year policy by endorsing the use of DDT for malaria control.The chemical is sprayed inside houses to kill malaria-carrying mosquitoes....
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