COVID-19 fallout: 25 million children missed routine vaccinations last year

India among countries where maximum number of children missed diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis shots

Anganwadi centres rush to verify children beneficiaries’ Aadhaar

Only 1/3rd of children have cards; Expert worries it may lead to millions losing access to food and nutrition

‘Adenovirus is not new. Yet, we’ve never linked it with severe hepatitis’

Matthew R Vogt on link between acute flaccid myelitis & current acute paediatric hepatitis outbreak

Anaemia in women and children on the rise, Assam fares worst: NFHS-5

Men, irrespective of age group, have reported the lowest increase in the incidence of anaemia according to NFHS-5 data

CoP 26: ‘Every third child is severely exposed to water scarcity’

UN bodies red code the impact of climate change on water resources crippling overall development

Every fifth child faces water scarcity globally: Unicef report

More than 155 million children in South Asia live in areas with high or even extremely high water vulnerability, Unicef says

Globally, just 1 in 4 children covered by social protection: UN report

One billion children live in multidimensional poverty without access to education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation or water

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 17, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

More than half the funds for POSHAN Abhiyaan unutilised: NITI Aayog report

The scheme has an earmarked three-year budget of Rs 9,046.17 crore from 2017-18, when it was launched

African children are neglected when it comes to HIV treatment: Lancet study

Only 55% of African children living with HIV (including those who were previously undiagnosed) are on antiretroviral therapy and 32.6% have a …

PM Modi launches Jal Jeevan Mission App on Gandhi Jayanti

In a virtual meeting with members of ‘Paani Samitis’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the importance of the Jal Jeevan Mission

How psychosocial support is highly neglected in humanitarian emergency response

Mental health and psychosocial support is essential to improve the well-being of children affected by humanitarian emergencies

The COVID-19 pandemic has already created a disadvantaged generation

Newborns, those about to be born and children under five will be the worst victims in terms of long-term impacts on growth and development

Road traffic injuries the second leading cause of death among children aged 5-14 years: WHO

Poverty increased risk of injury, violence; almost 90% of injury-related deaths in low & middle-income countries

Extreme weather in Africa: Floods affect 2 million children in 3 months in these 3 countries

Severe flooding has pushed children in Nigeria, Chad & South Sudan into increased risk of waterborne diseases, malnutrition

Air pollution kills our children; and it isn’t even acknowledged

Lack of political will and intent and not making an explicit linkage with health means that Indian children die preventable deaths

Nearly every child will face frequent heatwaves by 2050: UNICEF 

1 in 4 children lives in areas where the average heatwave event lasts 4.7 days or longer

COVID-19 : Why vaccinating children may be crucial

Vaccinating children will protect them against post-infectious conditions such as multisystem inflammatory syndrome; reduce risk of infection in …

Union Budget 2021-22: India's nutrition programme put on a diet

The budget has proposes Mission Poshan 2.0 to improve nutritional status of the country but has reduced funds  

World Food Day: Looking for a new avatar in COVID-19 times

What we now need is smart, systemic action to get the food to those who need it and improve it for those who have it, says FAO Director-…

Multiple exclusions push Odisha’s children into malnutrition death

Nearly 90 per cent of the rural tribal households live in extreme distress conditions with no liquid cash

Over-emphasis on safety means kids are becoming more anxious and less resilient

Overprotected children are more likely to both internalise problems (anxiety, depression) and externalise them (delinquency, defiance or …

How do you make a universal flu vaccine? A microbiologist explains

Success of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 shows promise for their use in achieving the vision of an effective universal influenza vaccine

Remembering 2022: What it meant for India’s children  

As the year comes to a close and we gear up to welcome 2023, here’s revisiting some of the major events this year that significantly …

Imminent threat: WHO warns 40 million children susceptible to measles as outbreak intensifies in India

There has been a ‘steady decline’ in measles vaccination coverage since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO says