South Asia

Will milk fortification benefit the poor?

Against Cola advertisements

According to report

Nutrition challenge

Mid-day meal price hike less than Re 1 as food inflation hits record level

The annual rise of material price came after a pause of 2 years because of the pandemic

Dumping defects

Landfill sites linked to birth defects

Children under cloud

Pollution causes birth defects

Unsafe limits

Even permissible levels of pollutants can damage health

Perpetually ill-prepared

Inept response as mystery fever grips Uttar Pradesh

Ailments caused due to environmental factors

Diseases caused by environmental factors

South Asia

Private via public

Multidimensional poverty affects 2/3rd of children in rural Nigeria: UNICEF

Larger proportion of children involved in economic labour were multi-dimensionally poor

AES outbreak: This is not the first time Harsh Vardhan promised Muzaffarpur virology lab

He made the same claim five years ago, but nothing has happened

Food and beverage products marketed by music stars are unhealthy

A new study reveals an unprecedented surge in ads on unhealthy food targeting children

How wind lures mosquitoes

Spread of malaria depends on the direction of wind

Babies in the dark

Leaving a light on in a sleeping baby's room may actually be harmful

Not kidding

Children in developing countries continue to suffer, claims UNICEF

Easy tuberculosis detection test for children

Mystery fever in UP linked to toxic plant

Nickelodeon characters endorsing junk food

Mystery stricken

Fever killed 277 in Uttar Pradesh. No one knows the cause

India still has a high rate of malnutrition, reveals new National Health Survey

West Bengal has more wasted children than a decade ago

Bad shot

Swine flu injection may raise sleep disorder risk