Focus on nutrition of children with HIV: child rights commission
National AIDS Control Programme urged to move beyond medicine-centric approach
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Lost childhood: COVID-19, floods trigger child trafficking in Bihar
State’s battered economy provides fertile ground to human traffickers
Remembering Kirk R Smith (1947-2020)
Kirk leaves us with the power of imagining change and hope
Children make up for 80 per cent of deaths attributed to climate change
But they are the most ignored in the climate change discourse
UN to cut food supplies to African refugees
The drastic cut will affect 800,000 people in the African continent
Science and Technology - Briefs
Education policy for kids under six
Experts say the plan misses diet, care and ignores children with special needs
CHILD LABOUR
Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate — 5 questions answered
These are first locally transmitted malaria cases in the US since 2003
Australia approves laws for Aborigines
There’s biodiversity in our backyard and it can help us fight malnourishment
Green leafy veggies are rich in vitamins and minerals
Hindustan motors
Can India ever have car-free centres?
3.1 million children under five die of malnutrition annually
Study says child mortality linked to maternal undernutrition, obesity
1.2 million children in Karnataka are malnourished, state tells high court
Civil rights groups blame packaged food supplied to anganwadis
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Chidambaram visits Bhopal on June 5
Gas disaster victims say they would like to present actual injuries, death reports
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Children don’t even have energy to cry: Gaza Strip stares at famine as Israel blocks food access
Malnutrition in northern Gaza rose from 0.8% of children under 5 years before the conflict began to over 16% at present
Ethiopia’s flagship health project considers behavioural change, prevention to address NCDs among women, children
Africa CDC eager to extract lessons from the project and extend them to other AU member states
World Bank study reveals high temperatures linked to lower exam scores in Ethiopia
Students exposed to higher temperatures during the school year, particularly on exam days, tend to perform worse than their cooler-climate …
Africa Union Commission calls for acceleration of efforts towards malnutrition-free Africa
Experts at the meeting called to strengthen school feeding programmes to alleviate hunger, reap psychological benefits like increased …