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

Law Commission Report on age of consent missed opportunity to de-criminalise sex between minors

The Law Commission’s recommendation would put married girls of 15-18 years at greater risk of marital rape, as there would be no legal …

Why air pollution is a threat to India’s economic and social well-being

It is affecting the health of the country’s future, its children 

Gassed: How air pollution is causing greater loss of healthy life years in children compared to older people

Air pollution is one of the biggest reasons for child mortality in India. From womb to birth to adolescence, murky air with heavy dose of PM2.5 …

What India can do to strengthen community-based foster care for children in need of nurturing

Lack of awareness involving village-level child protection committees, non-availability of frontline workers dedicated to child protection …

Turkey earthquakes one year on: The devastation has exposed deep societal scars and women are bearing the brunt

Following the quakes, women and girls faced heightened care and domestic work responsibilities, health challenges and an increased susceptibility …

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 …

Universal access to childcare: How stakeholders can come together to strengthen India’s network of creches

There is substantial untapped potential to enhance coordination with various other government departments and ministries, such as those for rural …

As told to Parliament (February 7, 2024): India had over 32 million stunted children as of December 2023

Underweight and wasting levels lower than that projected by National Family Health Survey-5, says Smriti Irani

Over 1,800 cases of cybercrimes against children registered in 2022, higher than last year: NCRB

Experts fear the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven this unfortunate trend  

Simply Put: India’s 2 million homeless children

Simply Put: The Big Bad Cyber Wolf

DTE Coverage: Green issues in latest NCRB Report

NCRB findings paint worrying picture

Simply Put: Child safety

Simply Put: WHO-Lancet report

Simply put: Children's Day

Too much screen time linked to an epidemic of myopia among young people

Probable cases of acute hepatitis in children cross 600, cause remains unknown 

As many as 38 children required transplants and nine died

Africa’s 1st malaria vaccine: Global alliance Gavi announces $160 million support for rollout

International support will facilitate increased vaccine access to children 

Child poverty a global concern

It is time poverty alleviation policies and programmes get child-centric, to lay a solid foundation for a future generation that is healthy and …

Simply Put: Lost childhood

Simply Put: Hospitals under scanner

COVID-19: More than 28,000 children died of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020

Travel restrictions mean children with cancer can’t seek hospital care in time

Africa: We must go beyond singular responses in the fight against child poverty

Policies need to address in all the complexities of child poverty

Fetching water from miles away increases risk of death: UK study

'Children of women who fetch water in this manner are especially disadvantaged'