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
Nearly 10 million children in Horn of Africa in ‘greatest danger’ due to drought, says UNICEF
UNICEF has sought $250 million to help children facing drought in the region
Anganwadi, ASHA work massively disrupted during COVID-19 pandemic: Survey
Workers reported increase in stress levels, study finds
Incremental child budget won’t bring transformational change
If tomorrow’s budget sticks to being just about an incremental change of numbers, nothing much will change. Transformation always needs …
Musings on the Independence of the Other India
Even after 71 years of independence, 1 in 11 children in India is a child labourer, 1 in every 3 is malnourished, only 3 in every 10 children …
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
Budget 2020-21: Why it’s high time for a thorough revamp of our child budget
India's allocation for children has been remained a paltry 3.3% for some time now. Here's why we need more
Why breastfeeding is crucial for building nutritional foundation beyond infancy
Breastfeeding is at the core of infant nutrition. But mothers in rural areas are avoiding it due to COVID-19 fears
International Day of Happiness: Are our children really happy
As we gear up to celebrate the ‘International Day of Happiness’, do we have time, and empathy, to look at our own children to find if …
Breastfeeding in times of COVID-19: Will newborns miss out on vital nutrition
Reduction in prevalence of breastfeeding could occur due to limitations in provision and use of health services amid COVID-19 pandemic &…
Child labour: When do we start to rewrite their story
The day people really start believing that there can be no reason that justifies child labour, not even poverty — is the day the real …
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
Why UNICEF wants to raise $255 million this year for eastern, southern Africa
The additional funds will support children with adequate, life-saving nutrition services
COVID-19 pandemic & children: Long-term impacts warrant concern
The physical and psychological effects of the pandemic pose major threats to children’s development
COVID-19 pandemic & children: Omicron unlikely to increase threat in children
Hasty vaccination of healthy young people will have little benefit
Undernourished India: Which Assembly seats fare the worst
Policy initiatives driven by assembly constituencies can be more precise with greater political accountability
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
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
Around 66% children below 2 years don't get nutritious diet: UNICEF
The diets of children in this age group have not improved in the last decade
Does my child have separation anxiety? How parents can help with children’s back-to-school fears
Some children experiencing separation anxiety have physical symptoms such as stomach aches and nightmares
A neglected tragedy: 2 million stillbirths in 2019, flags report
A majority of stillbirths happened in sub-Saharan Africa
Population populism: How redundant is UP’s two-child policy?
The recent UP Population Policy aims to reduce the state’s current total fertility rate, which is 2.7, and bring it down to 2.1
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
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
