Why Budget 2021-2022 should increase allocations for child health and nutrition

Apart from allocation of funds, their release, approval and reporting also need to be streamlined

Killer hospitals: A child dies every minute in Indian hospitals

On an average, there are 1,452 neonatal deaths in one day and 60 per hour in India

Scientists identify genetic factors responsible for infertility among Indian men

Hyderabad-based scientists find that the deletions on Y chromosome of infertile Indian men are vastly different from such deletions seen among …

Child health programme failed to deliver in 100 countries: WHO

A paper presented at the Alma Ata declaration said less than half of the women in the world get the four mandatory ante-natal check-ups done

Measles is back: cases reported in countries that had eradicated the disease

With outbreaks reported from across the world, measles' eradication by 2020 seems difficult

Long-term impacts of lead exposure have finally been revealed

Lead exposure not only reduces IQ levels and lower socio-economic status, it costs India US $236 billion annually

Child malnutrition on rise but funding falters

Almost 40 per cent of India's population is minor but the budget allocated to them is a meagre four per cent of the Union budget

In Africa, burden of water labour still lies on women

Over 14 million women and 3 million children spend more than 30 minutes collecting water in sub-Saharan Africa  

Indian kids under the grip of type-1 diabetes

World Diabetes Atlas 2015 highlighted that more than 70,000 children are affected by type-1 diabetes in India

India has world’s highest number of children with severe acute malnutrition: UNICEF

One out of every five deaths in children under five globally is due to severe wasting

Zika could cost Latin America, Caribbean countries $18 billion by 2018

In some countries, the total cost of Zika could exceed two per cent of their GDP

Proof in the pee

Simple urine test can help identify Kawasaki disease

Cancerous farming

It's all in the food

Poor food intake by pregnant women can damage the immune system of the child

Size does matter

Children's toilets are a breed apart from the everyday adult toilet

Healthy dining: Organic restaurant

Apna Dhaba in Vadodara promises sumptuous food, and all of it is homegrown and organic

The girl in Sierra Leone

Health gap widens between the poorest and the rest

COVID-19 pandemic may have led to 14% spike in number of underweight children in Bihar, Odisha: Study

The proportion of underweight children increased from 31 per cent to 45 per cent between June 2017 and July 2021, the study found

India’s child wasting rate 18.7% as per latest UN inter-agency estimates

India is the largest country in southern Asia, where half of all children with wasting in the world live

Anganwadi centres rush to verify children beneficiaries’ Aadhaar

Only 1/3rd of children have cards; Expert worries it may lead to millions losing access to food and nutrition

‘Adenovirus is not new. Yet, we’ve never linked it with severe hepatitis’

Matthew R Vogt on link between acute flaccid myelitis & current acute paediatric hepatitis outbreak

Union Budget 2022-23: Will it help children eat better

Schemes that provide integrated benefits to women and children did not get additional funds this year

Not a child’s play to stand up against child marriage

After saying a no to her own marriage, Bishnupriya Pradhan is saving others from child marriage

Measles-Rubella vaccine deaths give Uttar Pradesh a scare

The state administration has appealed to the Indian Medical Association to spread awareness about the vaccine and help reduce fear

Cattle slaughter ban to turn today’s girls into anaemic women: study

The research paper says that women exposed to the ban in their year of birth are 10% more likely to be anemic in their prime reproductive age