News: November 2010
How do children learn about drinking alcohol ?
Alcohol and sensible drinking is best taught to children by their parents. Recent research from the University of Leeds indicates that children who learn about alcohol in the home from an early age...
Stress Management in Britain
What can we learn from fossil fingers ?
Asia and Pacific talks on Child Rights
Despite the fact that children's growth in the region and the world is improving, many children are still suffering because of war, violence, discrimination, poverty, disease and a worsening enviro...
New guide to predict survival from cancer
University of Manchester scientists have helped develop a new way of predicting how long terminally ill cancer patients have to live. The research is based on blood tests, white cell blood count, ...
Mass vaccination in response to polio in Congo, DRC and Angola
Mass vaccination: Every man, every woman, every child will be immunized irrespective of their past immunization status, said WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo. - This way we can be as...
UK Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) announced
A new UK Food Hygiene scheme has been launched to help the general public make informed choices about where to buy food products. The scheme is open to