Month: July 2016

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Managing director of Britannia biscuits promotes her product without disclosing conflict of interest – Sad

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OPINION » LEAD July 23, 2016 Updated: July 23, 2016 00:17 IST We need a Nutrition Mission    India must convert its young population to a competitive advantage, and nutrition and health are foundational to that outcome. The “Global Nutrition Report 2016” once again demonstrates India’s slow overall progress in addressing chronic malnutrition, manifest in stunting (low weight for age), wasting (low weight for height), micronutrient deficiencies and over-weight. Our track record in reducing the proportion of undernourished children over the past decade has been modest at best, and lags what other countries with comparable socio-economic indicators have achieved. In a ranking … Continue reading Managing director of Britannia biscuits promotes her product without disclosing conflict of interest – Sad

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U.N. Group Using Obama’s Family to Make Claims About Anti-Hunger Algae

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Posted by EU Times on Dec 29th, 2010 // 2 Comments A little-known United Nations-affiliated organization is using members of President Obama’s Kenyan family — as well as Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona — to promote the idea that a type of algae is the solution to world hunger. The grandly-named Intergovernmental Institute for the Use of Micro-Algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition (IIMSAM) proudly advertises that President Obama’s Kenyan grandmother, Sarah, and his Uncle Said are “goodwill ambassadors” for the organization, helping to sponsor a feeding and education program in Kenya and raising the organization’s profile throughout the region. A youthful photo of Barack … Continue reading U.N. Group Using Obama’s Family to Make Claims About Anti-Hunger Algae

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Proper diet for children should include eggs to provide good quality proteins

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Proper diet for children should include eggs to provide good quality proteins Latha Jishnu    @ljishnu | Wednesday 31 December 2014 Veena Shatrugna has campaigned vigorously against brahmanical influence on the ‘balanced diet’. She explains the politics of food that has left a legacy of abiding malnutrition  The majority in India eats meat yet why are the diets recommended in India entirely vegetarian? The RDA (recommended dietary allowance) was calculated in laboratories by well-meaning, nationalist scientists and economists. Eminent people like C Gopalan, V M Dandekar, Nilakanth Rath and MS Swaminathan. When you do nutrition in a lab cost becomes a major … Continue reading Proper diet for children should include eggs to provide good quality proteins

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Jury recommendation Final Report of the Public Hearing at D.J. Halli 12th December 2013, Football Maidan, DJ Halli, Bangalore  Background D.J. Halli (Devarajeevanahalli) is a large contiguous locality situated between Tannery Road and Sultanpalya towards the northern part of Bangalore. Known by this generic name, the area encompasses the areas of D.J. Halli (Ward No. 47) and Muneshwara nagara (Ward No. 48). The area is largely habited by low-income families and has several declared and un-declared slums, and has a cumulative population of about 1 lakh of which the majority belong to the Muslim community. The death of a 6-year … Continue reading

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Corporate provision of Spirulina supplements for children with malnutrition in anganwadis in Karnataka –a critique

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Corporate provision of Spirulina supplements for children with malnutrition in anganwadis in Karnataka – a critique June 2016 Background of the ICDS program The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme was started in Karnataka on the 2nd of October 1975 as a pilot project in T. Narsapura, Mysore district, with around 100 anganwadis. Since then the program has expanded and has aimed to meet the nutrition needs of pregnant women, nursing mothers, adolescent girls and children below 6 years of age. The objectives of the ICDS are to improve the health and nutritional status of children 0 – 6 years, … Continue reading Corporate provision of Spirulina supplements for children with malnutrition in anganwadis in Karnataka –a critique

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Corporates bypass Supreme court orders to push spirulina

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Corporates help govt fight malnutrition using spirulina Shilpa Baburaj| TNN | May 27, 2016, 11.58 PM ISTThe Times of India  Bengaluru: More than 50% of children in Karnataka are malnourished and anaemic, according to the National Family Health Survey-4. Consequently, the Karnataka government launched Balposhna scheme in March this year to supply 2gm of spirulina for 180 days to 25,000 children across the state. However long before the government embarked on the project, Biocon Foundation had in 2012 started administering spirulina to severely malnourished children in Badami taluk of Bagalkot district. Like Biocon Foundation, JSW Foundation and Scania are also supplying spirulina to … Continue reading Corporates bypass Supreme court orders to push spirulina

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Corporates hovering like vultures around malnourished children

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You are here: Home » State » Malnourished children in state to get Spirulina boost Malnourished children in state to get Spirulina boost Ashwini Y S, Bengaluru, Apr 15, 2016, DHNS The Department of Women and Child Development has launched a dietary supplement programme for anganwadi children in Karnataka claiming that the initiatives carried out by three major corporates had yielded positive results in addressing malnutrition. As announced in the state budget, the department has decided to administer Spirulina to severely malnutritioned anganwadi children in the state. The plant-based dietary supplement will be supplied to the children in sugar-coated granular form. According to the … Continue reading Corporates hovering like vultures around malnourished children

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Surviving stigma: HIV care and the aftermath

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WORLD AIDS DAY FEATURE Much has been said about India’s success in containing the spread of the AIDS epidemic. But can it build on the progress so far and ensure that survivors receive the dignity and social security they need? Pushpa Achanta’s conversations on the eve of World AIDS Day aren’t heartening. 01 December 2015 – “I am the only one in the immediate family who is aware that John is HIV positive. We discovered this when he underwent medical investigation probing reasons for the loss of his body mass and frequent illnesses at Bowring hospital in the city of … Continue reading Surviving stigma: HIV care and the aftermath

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More ‘unwanted hysterectomies’ come to light in Bengaluru

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CITIES » BENGALURU BENGALURU, July 12, 2016 AFSHAN YASMEEN Women from Basalikatte tanda in Ranebennur waiting outside Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on Monday. Photo: Bhagya Prakash K. Manjawwa Mallesh Lambani (25), a resident of Basalikatte tanda of Ranebennur, is still cursing that fateful day two years ago when she went to the General Hospital in Ranebennur with a stomach ache and returned after undergoing a hysterectomy. “The doctor told me my uterus was damaged and that I had to undergo a surgery immediately. While I was being admitted, he asked my mother to arrange money and come back,” she told The Hindu on Monday. She … Continue reading More ‘unwanted hysterectomies’ come to light in Bengaluru