Recursos Etiquetado: Health

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  1. Una Advertencia acerca de Comer Cantidades Excesivas de Marango stenopetala: Coma como los venados

    20/1/2004 En una encuesta reportada en el East African Medical Journal, 597 niños en edad escolar y sus padres fueron encuestados en áreas del sur de Etiopía que presentan una alta incidencia de bocio.
    Moringa Health Nutrition

  2. Filtering Water with Old Clothes to Prevent Cholera

    20/4/2004 Filtering water through old clothes can effectively remove many of the copepods (a type of zooplankton) that carry cholera-causing bacteria. Researchers from the University of Maryland, College Park, did a study in Bangladesh comparing the effectiveness of old saris and nylon filters for...
    Health Water Treatment

  3. Indoor Air Pollution from Cooking Fire Smoke

    20/10/2004 Smoke from open fires can be a nuisance, and it can also lead to severe health problems. The Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) has issued a document called “Smoke—the Killer in the Kitchen” that shares statistics on indoor air pollution caused by burning solid fuels like wood,...
    Appropriate Techno... Cookstove Health Smoke

  4. Understanding Why/When Cassava Can Cause the Disease Konzo

    1/10/2005 Konzo is an irreversible disease that appears suddenly and causes spastic paralysis of both legs. Konzo affects mainly women and children, afflicting thousands in the remote rural areas of Bandundu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has also been reported from remote rural areas in...
    Cassava Human Health Diseases Cyanide Health

  5. El frijol de soya en los trópicos

    20/7/2006 En EDN Número 80 (julio de 2003), solicitamos retroalimentación de nuestra red sobre el cultivo del frijol de soya en los trópicos.Escuchamos comentarios de muchas personas al respecto y nos gustaría compartir sus respuestas.
    Legume Health Nutrition Soybeans Soya bean ECHO Development N...

  6. Feedback on Cooking Stoves Article (EDN 85)

    20/7/2005 Feedback from the ECHO networking with information on cookstoves and indoor pollution.
    Appropriate Techno... Cookstove Health

  7. Moringa for Emergency Water Treatment

    20/1/2006 Seeds ofMoringa oleiferacan be used to treat water in an emergency or disaster situation. Studies since the early 1970’s have found the seeds to be highly effective in removing suspended particles from water with medium to high levels of turbidity.
    Moringa Moringa Seed Health Water Water Treatment

  8. Fake Malaria Drugs in SE Asia

    20/4/2008 According to a New Scientist article in 2007, up to 52 per cent of anti-malarial tablets sold across the region including Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Burma and Thailand contain no artesunate (a drug made by slightly altering artemisinin so that it is soluble and can be given by injection as well as...
    Health Artemisia Malaria

  9. Opciones agrícolas y nutricionales para personas pobres que viven con el VIH/SIDA

    1/4/2010 Existen muchos factores que complican el trabajo agrícola, la salud de la familia y la nutrición cuando uno o más miembros de la familia son VIH positivas o tienen entre ellos un caso de SIDA. Esta comunidad más amplia es conocida como Personas que viven con el VIH/SIDA (PLWHA por sus siglas en...
    Human Health Health and Nutrition Medicinal Plants Nutrition Agricultural Devel... Kitchen Gardens Nutrient Density Katuk Health HIV/AIDS

  10. Faba bean (Vicia faba)

    20/10/2008 Faba bean is one of the oldest dual-use food and fodder species. The beans are rich in minerals (calcium, phosphorus) and vitamins. Containing approximately 26% protein, 2% fat, and 50% carbohydrate, faba bean is considered in some regions to be superior to field peas or other legumes as a human...
    Legume Health Seeds Nutrition Faba Bean Intercropping