Ethiopia’s flagship health project considers behavioural change, prevention to address NCDs among women, children

Africa CDC eager to extract lessons from the project and extend them to other AU member states  

Simply Put: Growing up in North India

Drought impact: Acute malnutrition among children rises 40% in Somalia & Somaliland

Families in Somalia taking extreme measures to survive

Cough syrup can harm children: Experts warn of contamination risks

Toxicologists Winston Morgan and Shazma Bashir unpack the dangers of glycol poisoning 

2022 too short, too far: How food systems evolved for the hungry

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022

Why UNICEF wants to raise $255 million this year for eastern, southern Africa

The additional funds will support children with adequate, life-saving nutrition services

Population populism: How redundant is UP’s two-child policy?

The recent UP Population Policy aims to reduce the state’s current total fertility rate, which is 2.7, and bring it down to 2.1 

Study underlines air pollution link to increased risks of pre-term birth, birth weight and pregnancy complications

Singleton pregnancies in 2000-2015 in Kansas, US examined

Fine air particles linked with high blood pressure among teen Londoners: Study

The association was found to be stronger in girls

Particularly vulnerable tribes: How a focus on nutrition tipped the health scale for children in remote Odisha

Better funding, community training & cultural context can improve outcomes further, say experts

5 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2021, 1.9 million stillborn: UN reports

A death of child or youth every 4.4 seconds; many could have been prevented with equitable access to high-quality healthcare

How is the Global Hunger Index ranking calculated?

India ranks 107 out of 121 countries in GHI 2022; Centre accuses it of misinformation   

Nestle adds almost 3 grams of sugar in every serving of baby food Cerelac sold in India

WHO guidelines against adding honey or sugar in food for infants violated only in Asian, African and Latin American countries, finds …

As told to Parliament (February 10, 2023): Smriti Irani says her ministry ‘unaware’ of CSE report on malnutrition deaths

The report by Centre for Science & Environment and DTE shows over 1.7 million Indians die every year due to poor diet

The Gambia may allow female genital mutilation again – another sign of a global trend eroding women’s rights

Proposed changes before parliament could permit medicalised female genital cutting and allow it for consenting adults

Child marriage twice as prevalent in Nigeria’s rural areas than urban: Report

The overall rate of child marriage in the country has declined

Climate-resilient water, sanitation & hygiene policies need of hour to meet global agenda of 2030

The 10 African countries most water-insecure & climate-impacted need immediate attention 

What is ‘noma’, the latest addition to WHO’s list of neglected tropical diseases

The severe gangrenous disease of mouth and face has 90% mortality rate and is associated with extreme poverty, malnutrition

Deadly nursery: Children in Gorakhpur report breathing troubles due to air pollution

Research suggests Indo-Gangetic Plain most affected, Uttar Pradesh at centre of it

‘Over 22 million in Ethiopia facing severe food crisis’

Back-to-back droughts causing food emergency, children at high risk of death from malnutrition, says non-profit

Extreme weather events led to 12 million displacements of children in 2022, estimates UNICEF

Some 25.8 million children were displaced by internal conflict and violence

Exams key anxiety source for Indian students: NCERT survey

Nearly half the students surveyed suffer from body image issues

India tops global charts for childhood diabetes and deaths: Study

Almost 40% increase in cases to 2019 from 1990 globally; largest increase in cases recorded in children aged 10 to 14 years

Rahima Moosa: South Africa’s only mother and child hospital is falling apart — a veteran doctor reflects on why

The country’s health ombudsman recently published a shocking investigation into Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital 

One in every two children in Kolkata suffers from air pollution, set to rise this year with AQI worsening

Rate of asthma within Kolkata teenagers highest among Indian major cities, first generation asthmatic children soaring