Poor sanitation cost India 5.2% of its GDP

Lack of access to sanitation wiped off US $106.7 billion from India's GDP in 2015. It is almost half of the total global losses

Roach trouble

Researchers establish that exposure to cockroach allergen is a major cause of asthma in children

Laws alone won’t end female genital mutilation in India: Mariya Taher

 Down To Earth speaks to Mariya Taher, the co-founder and United States executive director of non-profit Sahiyo on Female Genital …

Children in 48 African countries at high risk of climate change impacts, says UNICEF report

International climate finance does not prioritise children, says UNICEF

Simply Put: Age of inequality

A neglected tragedy: 2 million stillbirths in 2019, flags report

A majority of stillbirths happened in sub-Saharan Africa

Diarrhoea in children under 5 more prevalent in rural India: NFHS-5

Bihar reported the highest prevalence of the disease  

Menstrual hygiene in Africa: No pad or no way to dispose it

Women in sub-Saharan Africa still struggle to have a healthy and safe period

Dahi Handi and the fall of young govindas

Under the veneer of celebration, lives of minors in Maharashtra are put at stake  

What does CAG report tell about women empowerment in Uttar Pradesh?

Cases of crime against women increased by 61 per cent between 2010-11 and 2014-15

Side effects of cigarette study

Research>> Smoking • The UK

United Nations

Water of affliction

Ecological nightmare

Fatal beginnings

Thought to be lifestyle-related till now, heart diseases might have their origins in the womb

Mother's milk

No child's play

The right chord

A new safe method to detect anaemia in foetuses

Junk diet

Over half of world’s child trafficking victims trafficked within own country: Report

Analysis recommends engagement in special cooperative measures on counter-trafficking and climate change, as well as on crisis preparedness and …

UK: Six children die of Strep A, a common bacterial infection

There is a chance the infection can get severe when the bacteria enters the bloodstream — a condition called invasive Group A Strep

Protecting children during pandemic requires much more than ‘PM CARES for Children’ package 

The scheme is an emergency measure and cannot substitute the established sevices for children

Over 1,400 more Odisha villages free of child marriage

All villages belong to tribal-dominated Kandhamal district; total 5,411 villages across 7 districts free of child marriage since 2019

COVID-19: Child trafficking, assault on the rise in north Bengal

Most tea growers lost livelihood to the pandemic; cases of sexual assualt do not reach courts

Gender bias in medicine and medical research is still putting women’s health at risk

Women’s health has too often been considered a niche area — even though it involves roughly 50% of the world’s population