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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

World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2023: A plethora of misinformation perpetuates this social malaise

Human trafficking is widespread and deeply ingrained in the fabric of society, especially in India. The path to eradication is complex and …

The struggle for environmental justice in Africa

Today, Africa is facing multiple ecological challenges. All of these have resulted from the actions of entities that have seen the continent as a …

India has pushed back poverty, still home to most poor people in world: UNDP index

Pre-pandemic data shows 228.9 million poor people in India highest in the world, Nigeria follows at 97 million 

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

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

Falling through the cracks: Shining a light on adolescent girls in humanitarian emergencies

With the onset of COVID-19, adolescent girls in conflict zones are 90 per cent more likely to be out of school

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

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

Start looking at children as equal citizens

A meagre four per cent of the financial investment into nearly 40 per cent of the population is not only unjustified, but also insufficient for …

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 

New pneumonia vaccine to be introduced in five states

Pneumonia is the largest infectious cause of death in children worldwide, as per WHO 

India witnesses one of the highest female infanticide incidents in the world: study

At least 117 million girls around the world demographically go “missing” due to sex-selective abortions

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

Mid-day meal has failed to attract children to government schools, says CAG audit

The latest report says that in most of the states children are not getting the prescribed level of nutrition through the food supplied under the …

Baby fat is out

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

‘Over 22 million in Ethiopia facing severe food crisis’

Back-to-back droughts causing food emergency, children at high risk of death from malnutrition, says non-profit

Extreme weather events led to 12 million displacements of children in 2022, estimates UNICEF

Some 25.8 million children were displaced by internal conflict and violence