World’s Urban Air Quality Going From Bad to Worse

Air quality in cities worldwide fails to meet World Health Organization guidelines for safe levels, putting millions at greater risk of respiratory disease, lung cancer and...

Empowering the poor or the rural elite?

Mobile app to be drafted into battle against mosquitoes in Chennai

When traditional methods of using chemical pesticides, fogging and releasing Gambusia fish into water bodies fail to do enough to control mosquito menace, a little out-of-t...

Organic food market takes off

Farmers can achieve better yield, but they are struggling to market organic products owing to lack of government support Organic food market in India is expanding at a stag...

SCRIPT WRITERS & CONTENT CREATORS MEET EXPERTS ON PARENTING & MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH TO ENRICH STORYLINES.

The Third Eye, a program run by a partnership between Asian Centre for Entertainment Education (ACEE) and Hollywood Health & Society (HH&S), USC, Annenberg, is empo...

Increasing maternal BMI raises fetal, infant death risk

Increasing maternal body mass index shows a moderate to strong dose-response relationship with increasing risks of fetal death, stillbirth, neonatal death, perinatal death,...

Doctor appeals to husbands to interest in nutrition of pregnant wives

Dr. Francis Zotor, Acting Dean of School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Thursday advised men to show interest in the nutrition of their ...

Hospitals Safer Than Homes for Births

A new analysis suggests that giving birth in a hospital is considerably safer than having a baby at home or in a birthing center. Researchers analyzed data collected by the...

Climate change a problem today – not tomorrow – for food security, experts say

Climate change has already had a powerful negative effect on agriculture and food security for the world’s most vulnerable, and that impact will get worse, according ...