New financing facility to help poor countries reach 2015 development goal

Additional funds will speed up progress on women and child health in developing countries

COVID-19: Role of nutrition gardens in ensuring nutrition for children

Nutrition risk of children widens during the COVID-19 pandemic; adequate diets necessary for optimal growth, health and development

Countdown to Budget 2023: Why investing in early childhood education should be a priority in the upcoming Budget

Just 0.1% of the GDP was spent in 2020-21 for early childhood education, thinktank analysis suggests 1.5%-2.5% of GDP expenditure

Police rescue 51 women being trafficked from Odisha

The women were being taken to Tamil Nadu to work in a garment factory

What does NFHS-5 tell about school enrollment of kids under 5

Gap in the enrollment percentage in urban and rural areas prevalent in most states

India still has a high rate of malnutrition, reveals new National Health Survey

West Bengal has more wasted children than a decade ago

Global supply chains major user of child labour: UN report

Asian region has highest child labour in global supply chains

Centre's child development scheme plagued by shortcomings, finds CAG

Over 30 per cent of the anganwadi centres have no toilets or drinking water

Bad shot

Swine flu injection may raise sleep disorder risk

Unsung babies

Exposure to ddt increases the risk of child mortality

Posterity at peril

Crunch metals cure diarrhoea

In short

Coke's multiple fractures

Ban on soft drinks in US schools; Kerala plant closed

Killer vaccines

Bytes

South Australia to ban junk food adverts

Business in typhoid

South Asia

Poisoned Holi

Lead delays puberty

Increased levels of lead suppress reproductive hormones

Screen out the liar

UN warns surge of preventable child deaths in Gaza as malnutrition levels spike

1 in 6 children under the age of 2 is acutely malnourished

WHO roadmap to end TB in children focuses for 1st time on pregnant, post-partum women affected by disease

Maternal, pregnancy, birth & infant outcomes should be included in dedicated safety studies for all new TB drugs & vaccines: WHO

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