Kokova Magazine

Researcher have suggested that newborn babies are guided to their food supply by their noses. A trip to the local maternity ward or nursery could have given them their answers in record time - straight from the 'horses' mouth.

National Baby Loss Awareness Day October 15th - breaking the silence surrounding the aftermath of pregnancy loss. October 15th 2002 was the inaugural Baby Loss Awareness Day in the UK and was initiated by a group of parents inspired by Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day in the United States.

This October, three London schools are holding farmers markets as part of an exciting new two year project for the capital. Over the coming year and a half the Soil Association will be working with 10 schools across London in the Farm Academy Programme, which helps teach pupils about where their food comes from through farm visits and the establishment of school farmers markets - organized entirely by pupils.

National Eating Out Week 20th - 27th November was started in 2008 to promote the diversity of cuisines in Britain and to raise funds for charities concentrating on hunger, malnourishment and poverty alongside National Curry Week now in its 14th year.

Alcohol Awareness Week 2011 14-20 November 2011 will see the launch of the Alcohol Concern's charter for a world free from alcohol harm. A four-point statement based on the World Health Organisation's own charter on alcohol which they will be asking individuals, public bodies and other organisations to endorse.

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has set a date for the next Ask Your Pharmacist (AYP) public awareness week - 7-13 November 2011. AYP Week - More than Medicines is part of the NPA's ongoing work to showcase community pharmacy as an expert clinical and public health resource, as well as an effective medicines supply service.