UNITED NATIONS

Brainstorming

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

SORRY SCENARIO

Cul-de-sap

African milk bush causes cancer

Given up

Lethal cocktail

Untreated hunger

No guidelines for severe malnutrition in children

Epidemic strikes Karachi

Contamination of drinking water by sewage

High on Chinese demand

Rampant illegal iron ore mining in Karnataka's Bellary district

Peeling touch

Government policy stops prevention of lifestyle diseases

Bytes

Gem slaves Tanzanite's child labour

Hostel food kills 5

International Girl Child Day: Crimes against girls on the rise in India, especially eastern states

Strenghening community-based child protection systems imperative

Global food crisis: 1 new child suffers severe malnutrition every 60 seconds, says UNICEF

Almost 8 million children, mainly in Africa, at risk of deaths from severe wasting

COVID-19: Wasting in children increased in low, middle income countries due to economic shock

Economic shocks increase risks of inadequate dietary diversity among children

Simply Put: Gifts from Santa, anyone?

Discouraging breastfeeding: 50% pregnant women, parents targeted by misleading baby food marketing

Sales of formula milk more than doubled in last 2 decades

Child participation: Adolescent leadership should extend beyond schools to recognise children as political citizens

There should be action to make child participation robust & sustained institutional process  

Teacher shortage: Sub-Saharan Africa needs 15 million new educators despite gap closing globally

Recruitment target hardly changed in the region since 2016

Hunger costs Ghana $2.6 billion per year

24 per cent of all child mortality cases in Ghana are associated with undernutrition

China abandons one-child policy after three decades

Policy has been criticised for posing a demographic crisis

China goes in for eugenics

Unashamed exploitation

Placental help

Blood stem cells from the placenta could be a major help in treating leukaemic kids