Nagaland bans junk food in schools, calls for sensitising children
By issuing this notification, Nagaland followed states such as Punjab, Odisha and Manipur in banning junk food in schools
MSakhi: digitising healthcare at the grassroots
A mobile application, developed in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh government, is revolutionsing mother and child care in Jhansi
The curious case of missing children at anganwadis
The names of malnourished children are missing from the registers at several anganwadis in Madhya Pradesh
How schooling can save African girls from becoming child brides
Countries in sub-Saharan Africa have some of the world’s lowest levels of school enrolment and completion
Baby fat is out
Researchers have concluded that high-fat diets for infants might have an adverse efteq on their later lives
COVID-19 can reverse decades of progress in eliminating child deaths: UN
Almost 68% of 77 countries surveyed reported at least some disruption in health checks and immunisation services, which may lead to increase in …
Air pollution will harm brain development, 9 of 10 people breathe polluted air
Annual loss in human capital arising from mental health conditions in children aged 0-19 is $387.2 billion
Fewer kids under 3 breastfed within an hour of birth, finds NFHS-5
The highest percentage of children under three who were breastfed within one hour of birth was registered in Meghalaya, followed by …
Child slavery in West Africa: Understanding cocoa farming is key to ending the practice
Surveys and studies on child slavery in West African cocoa farming have failed to consider its causes
Specialized cells maintain healthy pregnancy by teaching the mother’s immune system not to attack developing fetus
How does the immune system generally learn what to attack and what not to attack? A study tries to find out
Our children are at risk of air pollution. Now is the time to act
Children’s health can be affected by air pollution even before they are born. As they grow up, pollution stunts their lung growth&…
Time and support are of the essence in preventing child marriages
Rescuing a child in time, followed by regular monitoring of her kin and providing her with support, will ensure she is not again forced into such …
Climate change: 490 million children in Africa most vulnerable
Of the 750 million children in 45 countries likely to be most affected by climate risk, 210 million are in three South Asian nations — …
Exposure to air pollution can cause anaemia in very young children, says new study
A 10 μg/m3 rise in ambient PM 2.5 exposure caused a 0.07 g/dL decrease in average haemoglobin count
Litchi causing encephalitis deaths in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district: study
The study establishes relation between litchi consumption and encephalitis after conducting a hospital-based surveillance on 390 patients
Childhood stunting affects future success in life, say experts
According to a study, stunting causes physical and neurocognitive damage that is irreversible in most cases
Unkindest cut of all
The Union government's health budget hack is pushing Maharashtra back into the malnutrition trap
Children and passive smoking
A pregnant woman exposed to cigarette smoke can pass on the harmful smoke constituents to the foetus
Shaken innocence
The widely reported case of Matthew Eapen's death has highlighted the ignorance regarding the "shaken baby syndrome"
Stillborn in Africa: UN pegs number at a million every year
Situation has worsened in 2 decades, may slip further due to COVID-19 pandemic, warns Unicef report
WHO advises immediate skin-to-skin care for premature babies instead of initial period in incubator
Most babies born at or after 28 weeks survive in high-income countries, but in poor countries, survival rates can be as low as 10%
Most of us support mandatory vaccines for schoolkids, but is it good policy?
Overwhelming scientific evidence proves the safety and efficacy of vaccination to control, yet Canada is not meeting its childhood-vaccination targets
Over 3 lakh pregnancy losses every year linked to polluted air in South Asia
Northern plains region in India and Pakistan most impacted, meeting India’s air quality standard would have reduced loss by 7 per cent&…
Nutritional security could have made the fight against COVID-19 easier
This weak link between growth in income and nutritional outcomes requires the attention of policy makers
Less out-of-pocket expenditure for births in public facilities in rural areas, NFHS-5 finds
The latest figures suggest that Manipur spends more OOPE in both rural and urban areas, whereas Gujarat spends less among states and Dadra and …