Americans want low-cost, quality health care

Hillary Rodham Clinton, head of the US President's task force on health, has a tough task ahead in providing Americans with low-cost, quality …

For a few dollars more

Developing countries immunised 80 per cent of their children by 1990 and saved millions of lives. But 35,000 children, under five years of age, …

Coma after death

Child victims of a frayed medical service and a government programme gone wrong raise a mute question

On a weak limb

Drought-hit state

BEARING THE BRUNT·28 min· English·Conceptualised by: Mahesh Bhatt·Directed by: Ajay Kanchan·Produced by: Save …

GAMBIA

Stop kidding

Europe sidelines children's well-being at a mega health meet

The ideal gap

A two-and-a-half-year gap is ideal between births for the health of the babies

Sucking in toxics

Presence of pollutants such as PCBs in mothers' milk and blood restrains children's growth

News Snippets

India’s Child Development Index ranking drops

Is placed along with countries like Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana and the People’s Democratic Republic of Lao

Childhood cancers

Chemical banned

The perils of PVC

Choking link

Ultrafine pollution particles can penetrate very deep into the lungs

Housewarning

Pesticide exposure can lead to leukaemia in children

Troublemaking protein found

Breakthrough in fighting severe malaria among children

'South Asia, Africa show poor progress towards MDGs'

India fares worse than Bangladesh and Nepal, says report

No lip service on junk food ban: Delhi HC

Asks Centre to file an action taken report by November 2

Children beware!

SC not to budge on CNG issue

Apex court slams Mashelkar committee report

Follow-up

Children demand inclusion in water and sanitation programmes at UNICEF forum

More than 50 children from across the world participated at the two-day conference in Tajikistan

Hungry for research

Child starvation could increase unless research is improved

Bad boy phthalate implicated in eczema in children

How the chemical causes the skin disease still a puzzle