Sudan conflict fallout: Over 1,200 children have died in country amid healthcare crisis, says UN

Children died from suspected measles and malnutrition; those under five account for over three-quarters of all deaths

Unicef ranks India poorly in child mortality

Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh fare better

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

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

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

Lancet series launch in India angers health activists

Series of papers calls for engaging private sector in fighting malnutrition

Has COVAX delivered on its vaccine access promises?

Organisations behind the vaccine arm seem to be losing interest in COVID-19

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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