India shows the way for other polio-endemic nations
After India’s unexpected feat of freeing itself from polio, the target to eradicate the debilitating disease from the world, set in 1988, …
Unicef ranks India poorly in child mortality
Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh fare better
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
Migrants denied basic human rights, says study on Kolkata
One-third of India’s population are migrants, but the country is yet to make a policy or plan for them, says collaborative study report by …
India loses up to $46 billion to malnourishment
Report by children’s non-profit links childhood malnourishment to educational performance, adult income and GDP
COVID-19 pandemic, repeated weather shocks drove 122 million more to hunger since 2019: UN
If trends remain as they were, the UN-mandated Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of ending hunger by 2030 will not be reached
Has COVAX delivered on its vaccine access promises?
Organisations behind the vaccine arm seem to be losing interest in COVID-19
Lancet series launch in India angers health activists
Series of papers calls for engaging private sector in fighting malnutrition
Ex-Unicef head joins Nestle
Nutrition campaign groups worried, say Unicef supports breastfeeding while Nestle undermines it
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But what has the state done?
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Arsenic
The dark zone
When Down To Earth correspondents nidhi jamwal and d b manisha started filing their reports on the problem of fluoride and arsenic in groundwater,…
Flour fortification important for Indonesia, says UNICEF
World immunisation week: mobile app to remind parents of vaccine schedule
WHO focus on delivering health information directly to people’s mobile phones and social media accounts to curb vaccine preventable deaths
3.1 million children under five die of malnutrition annually
Study says child mortality linked to maternal undernutrition, obesity
'South Asia, Africa show poor progress towards MDGs'
India fares worse than Bangladesh and Nepal, says report
COVID-19: WHO, UNICEF flag sharp decline in vaccination, warn of more lapses
There was a substantial drop in number of children completing three doses of vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis in first four …
Over 300 million Indians still defecate in the open: WHO-UNICEF report
Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan do much better in improving access to sanitation
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Lalitpur’s baby formula
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