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

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

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