Climate change: 490 million children in Africa most vulnerable

Of the 750 million children in 45 countries likely to be most affected by climate risk, 210 million are in three South Asian nations — …

Exposure to air pollution can cause anaemia in very young children, says new study

A 10 μg/m3 rise in ambient PM 2.5 exposure caused a 0.07 g/dL decrease in average haemoglobin count 

Childhood stunting affects future success in life, say experts

According to a study, stunting causes physical and neurocognitive damage that is irreversible in most cases

Unkindest cut of all

The Union government's health budget hack is pushing Maharashtra back into the malnutrition trap

Children and passive smoking

A pregnant woman exposed to cigarette smoke can pass on the harmful smoke constituents to the foetus

Shaken innocence

The widely reported case of Matthew Eapen's death has highlighted the ignorance regarding the "shaken baby syndrome"

Stillborn in Africa: UN pegs number at a million every year

Situation has worsened in 2 decades, may slip further due to COVID-19 pandemic, warns Unicef report

Simply Put: Gifts from Santa, anyone?

Price for early school

Scalp protection

No chapattis

For some young children, wheat is like poison

Global food crisis: 1 new child suffers severe malnutrition every 60 seconds, says UNICEF

Almost 8 million children, mainly in Africa, at risk of deaths from severe wasting

Hunger costs Ghana $2.6 billion per year

24 per cent of all child mortality cases in Ghana are associated with undernutrition

China goes in for eugenics

Placental help

Blood stem cells from the placenta could be a major help in treating leukaemic kids

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Maddening effect

Duty free

Uttar Pradesh can't deliver vaccines to its children. But it wants to import vaccine

Risky care

How safe are Johnson and Johnson's baby products?

Bloggers rally to free medical workers in Libya

In short

What's killing tribals

Puff mongers

Gassed: How air pollution is causing greater loss of healthy life years in children compared to older people

Air pollution is one of the biggest reasons for child mortality in India. From womb to birth to adolescence, murky air with heavy dose of PM2.5 …