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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

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

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

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

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 …

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

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

World Breastfeeding Week 2023: Supportive workplaces needed to reach global breastfeeding targets

Rate of breastfeeding at 48%, up by 10 percentage points over past decade, say WHO & UNICEF

In polluted Delhi, children have no place to hide from diseases

Seasonal measures, graded action not enough when millions of children are at risk of chronic ailments

No wild poliovirus case in South-East Asia in five years: WHO

The last reported case of wild poliovirus in the region was in West Bengal in 2011

Ampouled death

Bad influence

Starving children

Lead heavy

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Mother-child bonding

Brainstorming

Brain tumours can be caused by a virus that affects many children

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