Full Coverage: Health

27.06.2007 An ambitious and innovative reality TV show - Haath se Haath Milaa (Let’s Join Hands) – by BBC World Service Trust, that played a vital role in India’s largest mass media campaign on HIV and AIDS, has won a World Award at the Asia Media Summit 2007.

27.06.2007 Delhi based NGO Toxics Link has urged the Indian government to phase out the usage of mercury in the country after the European Union Parliament banned mercury trade. India being the second largest user and importer of the heavy metal, at the same time time it has serious public health implications in the country.

24.06.2007 The Indian governmentÂ’s cash initiatives are sweeping a healthy competition across the country, says Jaipur-based activist Kalyan Singh Kothari. The Nirmal Gram Puruskars are part of the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) that hopes to achieve full sanitation coverage in India by 2012.

19.06.2007

18.06.2007 Sri LankaÂ’s Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA), in partnership with the Colombo University medical faculty, will provide rural patients with remote medical consultation and treatment. A rural hospital in the islandÂ’s north-central region has been set up with computer facilities and a broadband link to particularly deal with people suffering genetic disorders.

18.06.2007 Sri LankaÂ’s Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA), in partnership with the Colombo University medical faculty, will provide rural patients with remote medical consultation and treatment. A rural hospital in the islandÂ’s north-central region has been set up with computer facilities and a broadband link to particularly deal with people suffering genetic disorders.

14.06.2007 The study entitled “Restoring Daurala: Mitigating Industrial Pollution - A paper on corporate responsibility” by Heather Lewis, is a documentation of best practice in northern India, where the findings of a study on the disastrous consequences of industrialization has led to the industry taking corrective action and renewal. After all, this must be the objective of any research or a study.

09.06.2007
HEILIGENDAMM, Germany, Jun 8 (IPS) - The Group of Eight industrialised countries suffered a setback Friday in its plan to strengthen intellectual property rights through "promoting innovation - protecting innovation" when the five developing world's leaders -- China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico -- forced a key change in the final statement.

08.06.2007 An Indian NGO, Sama which is a Resource Group for Women and Health, based in New Delhi invites you to participate in a two day workshop on “National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)– A Public Health and Feminist Analysis” to be held on the 25th and 26th of June 2007 in Delhi .

06.06.2007 Sama - Resource Group for Women and Health, a Delhi based womenÂ’s group, has conducted a research study on the multi-dimensional implications - social, medical, economic and ethical -of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) on the lives of Indian women.

04.06.2007 Asian superstar, the award winning singer/songwriter Nimal Mendis announced in London that his Song for Autism, titled 'Open Every Door' will be used to raise funds for the British charity, Autism Speaks UK. Mendis was born in Sri Lanka where there are 39,000 people with autism who are struggling to access public services.

04.06.2007 Community health volunteers have joined hands with an obstetric helpline to aid pregnant women in emergency situations. This UNICEF supported project operates in Rajastan, one of IndiaÂ’s states with the highest rates of maternal mortality.