Of life and death

Fatal dose

Vitamin A supplements claim the lives of 17 children in Assam

UN lays down guidelines to protect children displaced by climate change

Nearly 10 million children were displaced due to weather-related shocks in 2020 alone, according to UN reports

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

Focus must be on children ‘left behind’, says UN study

According to a UNICEF report, despite achievements, millions of children live in poverty and die before the age of five, miss schooling and …

Not testing the waters

Case filed against British geological body for not providing information on arsenic contamination in Bangladesh's wells

Unsafe water stunting growth of Indian children: report

Malnutrition and stunting is higher in the country than in the poorest parts of sub-Saharan Africa, says a report by UNICEF and FAO

Why the world should plan for historic African population boom

The Western world witnessed a baby boom post World War II. Now Africa, the world's second most populous continent, is set for a demographic boom …

Globally 78.2 million children out of school: UN report

Over half the out-of-school children are girls, data shows

Extreme weather impact: 20,000 children displaced every day in last 6 years

At least three of every 10 persons displaced across the world due to weather-related disasters was a child

Healthcare takes biggest hit as conflict intensifies in Iraq

Polio and other communicable diseases pose threat

Right treatment

Jhabua hostels get water relief

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

Measles campaigns suspended in most countries; 140 million lives at stake, mostly children

In many countries the regular measles vaccine campaigns are delayed by over a year due to the pandemic disruptions  

International Women’s Day: 10 million more girls at risk of child marriage due to COVID-19, warns UNICEF

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, as many as 100 million girls were at the risk of child marriage in the next decade

Most African countries don’t have real-time air pollution monitors: Unicef

This includes Chad, Somalia and the Central African Republic where air pollution has reached emergency levels

Ayurvedic surgeons hooks out guinea worms

A surgical technique developed by an ayurvedic team has drastically curtailed incidence of dracontiasis, a disease caused by guinea worms, in …

Alternative approaches to poverty alleviation

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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 …

A healthy child, a healthy nation

Private via public

Secondary education can reduce child marriage by 66%: UNICEF

Secondary education stronger, more consistent protection against child marriage than primary school education

Climate crisis putting a billion children at ‘extremely high risk,’ warns new UN report

Almost half of the world’s children are seriously threatened by the rapidly deteriorating global climate

Scholarships alone are not enough to get more qualified female teachers into Nigeria’s schools

UNICEF estimates that over half of all girls are not in school in the north while under a third of all primary school teachers are women

Assam schoolchildren draw up agenda for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

About 500 girls from Assam, aged 14-19, have produced a 'Children’s Agenda' focusing on health, nutrition, water, sanitation and …