Fatal food

No child's play

Harmful toys that have been withdrawn from European countries are still being sold in Canada

Seeing the light

Infanticide

Soya-based infant formula damages kids' immune system

Evils of advancement

Test-tube babies face higher health risks

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In Court

An ad, a question

Should public-funded institutions endorse commercial products?

Vaccine troubles

WHO accedes to paediatricians' concern over Hepatitis B

Hunger kills boy

Worms can be good for kids

Protect against malaria-induced anaemia

Deforestation driving malaria risk among vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa, finds study

Children living in deforested areas, particularly in poorer households, are at a higher risk of malaria

IQ tests: the danger of reading too much into them – and the crucial cognitive skills they don’t measure

The ethos of a modern school is rightly not driven by a preference to educate only those children who on selection meet a minimum standard on a …

These women near Delhi’s Bhalswa landfill are growing greens in their backyards with a purpose

They are doing so as part of an initiative to improve women and girls’ access to nutrition; the vegetables are grown with natural inputs

Baby fat is out

Researchers have concluded that high-fat diets for infants might have an adverse efteq on their later lives

Was 2019 an 'Annus horribilis' for India's children?

Except a few positive headlines, 2019 was a year when Indian children were in the news for mostly the wrong reasons

India has the second highest number of obese children in the world

Some 14.4 million children in India are affected by obesity, and its occurrence is increasing rapidly

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

COVID-19 pandemic & children: Long-term impacts warrant concern

The physical and psychological effects of the pandemic pose major threats to children’s development

Even India’s best-governed states are not a 100% in child health: Report

It finds that states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu, which did well in overall child well-being, slipped down in child health indicators

Ambrosial nectar for malnourished children

A unique scheme implemented in a cluster of villages in southern Andhra Pradesh, and being replicated in different states, involves administering …

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

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 …