Over half of world’s child trafficking victims trafficked within own country: Report
Analysis recommends engagement in special cooperative measures on counter-trafficking and climate change, as well as on crisis preparedness and …
UK: Six children die of Strep A, a common bacterial infection
There is a chance the infection can get severe when the bacteria enters the bloodstream — a condition called invasive Group A Strep
COVID-19: Child trafficking, assault on the rise in north Bengal
Most tea growers lost livelihood to the pandemic; cases of sexual assualt do not reach courts
Gender bias in medicine and medical research is still putting women’s health at risk
Women’s health has too often been considered a niche area — even though it involves roughly 50% of the world’s population
Why Budget 2021-2022 should increase allocations for child health and nutrition
Apart from allocation of funds, their release, approval and reporting also need to be streamlined
Girls, hope your health gets precedence over ‘tradition’
Child marriages are not illegal yet but they could be if the WCD ministry’s proposal is accepted
No formula food for premature babies, they too need mother’s milk: study
A study conducted at AIIMS busts the myth that babies born prematurely need complementary food
Child and adolescent mortality declined globally from 1990 to 2015
But countries with a low socio-demographic index saw about 75 per cent of deaths in 2016 as compared to 61 per cent in 1990
Anganwadi centres rush to verify children beneficiaries’ Aadhaar
Only 1/3rd of children have cards; Expert worries it may lead to millions losing access to food and nutrition
‘Adenovirus is not new. Yet, we’ve never linked it with severe hepatitis’
Matthew R Vogt on link between acute flaccid myelitis & current acute paediatric hepatitis outbreak
India’s child wasting rate 18.7% as per latest UN inter-agency estimates
India is the largest country in southern Asia, where half of all children with wasting in the world live
Not a child’s play to stand up against child marriage
After saying a no to her own marriage, Bishnupriya Pradhan is saving others from child marriage
Union Budget 2022-23: Will it help children eat better
Schemes that provide integrated benefits to women and children did not get additional funds this year
Economic Survey bats for one-time cash transfer to pregnant women
Investment in maternal health can become a top policy priority of the central government
Africa on its way to becoming a polio-free continent
It is likely that Nigeria will soon be removed by WHO from the list of countries where polio is endemic
Measles-Rubella vaccine deaths give Uttar Pradesh a scare
The state administration has appealed to the Indian Medical Association to spread awareness about the vaccine and help reduce fear
Cattle slaughter ban to turn today’s girls into anaemic women: study
The research paper says that women exposed to the ban in their year of birth are 10% more likely to be anemic in their prime reproductive age
People in Africa are living longer but lifestyle diseases are rising
The burden of communicable disease is declining in Africa and life expectancy is increasing. But non-communicable diseases like diabetes, …
Zika needs to be controlled but how?
With 131 cases of Zika infections being reported in Rajasthan, the country is up in arms against the disease but has no reliable way of dealing …
World Malaria Day: sub-Saharan Africa in the spotlight
WHO recommends a package of prevention approaches, including insecticide-treated nets, spraying indoor walls with insecticides and preventive …
In Parliament on March 10, 2017
The controversial crop insurance scheme, the impact of erratic weather on crops, chronic diseases, food fortification were among some of the …
Depression single largest contributor to global disability, says WHO
The alarming thing is that the number of people with common mental disorders is increasing, particularly in low-income countries
More allocation for women, children not enough
Although anganwadi centres have been expanded to empower women, the budget does not meet anganwadi workers’ demands
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
DMF best practices: These mining districts have opened creches through DMF funds
Keonjhar and Anuppur seek to address a nutrition gap before children go to the anganwadi centre through the creches