Vaccine could have changed the course of his life
Son of a farmer, his family spent more than it could afford on his treatment
Measles catch-up campaign falls short of expectation
Health ministry officials say impact of the campaign will show results later
In Short
Unicef ranks India poorly in child mortality
Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh fare better
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
Wahtech
But what has the state done?
Wah India
Arsenic
Flour fortification important for Indonesia, says UNICEF
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
Over 300 million Indians still defecate in the open: WHO-UNICEF report
Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan do much better in improving access to sanitation
News Briefs
Lalitpur’s baby formula
Programme to promote breastfeeding improves health of children under two
World Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UNICEF pledge close to $600 million to combat cervical cancer
Commitments at first ever global forum to eliminate the fourth most prevalent cancer among women
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 …
About 1.3 million children and adults facing water crisis in Ukraine
Low rainfall, coupled with destroyed water-supply system, has worsened shortage in the conflict-hit European country
Why UNICEF wants to raise $255 million this year for eastern, southern Africa
The additional funds will support children with adequate, life-saving nutrition services
India leads the world’s failure story in eradicating open defecation, malnutrition
New WHO-UNICEF report warns that lack of progress on sanitation would undermine gains from access to safe drinking water
‘169 million children missed the first dose of measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017’
UNICEF reveals shocking data and cites it to be behind the recent spurt in measles cases
Cheaper vaccine to check hepatitis B
WHO's immunisation programme is expected to receive a tremendous boost thanks to the low-cost vaccine developed through genetic engineering
Measles outbreak kills nearly 700 children in 4 months in Zimbabwe
The number of deaths is four times that reported by the ministry two weeks ago (157 children)
WHO launches ‘The Big Catch-Up’ to restore immunisation progress lost during pandemic
More than 100 countries registered a drop in immunisation levels during the COVID-19 pandemic