Use of pesticides good but poses health risks

Food is now a major concern to consumers across the world given the fact that there is an increase in the level of understanding and public health awareness on food selection.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Aug

INSIGHT: UN: Extreme weather now poses critical health threat

>Climate change poses a growing health threat, the UN warned on Wednesday, August 27, saying extreme weather and rising temperatures could claim hundreds of thousands of lives and spread disease. “Climate change is no longer only an environmental issue,” said Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, head of the climate change team at the World Health Organisation (WHO).

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Oct

Too much salt use raises health risks, says expert

Salt is an essential element needed in a diet. In its moderation, salt is very important, but can adversely harm one’s health if not taken appropriately.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Apr

Good mental and emotional health

Your mental and emotional health is as important as your physical health. Your body, mind, and heart are interconnected. When you have problems with one, the others are affected.

 

9 years ago

IPPmedia

05 Nov

Mkapa is in good health, says government

Mkapa is in good health, says government
IPPmedia
The government has dismissed circulating rumors on various social media networks that former Tanzania president Benjamin Mkapa has died. Speaking to journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the government's spokesperson Assah Mwambene assured ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Jul

INSIGHT: Family planning good for health, child upbringing

>There is hope that a long-term family planning programme will be widely practised among women in the country.This is important because for a long time now, family planning has been undertaken by employing short-term methods like injection and pills that seem to be common among the health staff in both public and private health facilities.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Jul

EDITORIAL : Ensure ample funds for good health services

It is a pity that many developing countries have failed to implement programmes aimed at achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on health due to inadequate donor funding.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Mar

Plea to give people good Katiba Deliver good Katiba to : Grant TZ good new call

 As citizens, we record in our memories what is happening in the Constituent Assembly (CA) and at the end of the day, we will come up with a conclusion if the Constitution to be achieved will be useful to us and the country in general.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Oct

Farmers appeal for pesticides

Sesame farmers in Babati District, Manyara Region, have appealed to the government to supply them with chemicals to fight pests attacking their crops.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Pesticides 'behind 18 Nigeria deaths'

Pesticide is the probable cause of 18 mysterious deaths in south-western Nigeria, the World Health Organisation says.

 

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