Extreme weather impact: 20,000 children displaced every day in last 6 years

At least three of every 10 persons displaced across the world due to weather-related disasters was a child

India bags top spot in child wasting rate: Global Hunger Index

The rate increased to 20.8 per cent among children under five this year

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Paediatric beds fill up in West Bengal as adenovirus spreads, 3 deaths recorded

Doctors have seen an at least 50 per cent increase in cases this year compared to usual

World Mental Health Day: WHO-FIFA installs friendship benches to promote mental-health awareness

Project focuses on sports’ role in promoting mental well-being

Child trafficking in Odisha continues unabated: 20 teenagers rescued

The children, mostly girls, were rescued from a railway station 

As told to Parliament (March 25, 2021): Centre shares guidelines for imposing green tax on old vehicles

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Anaemia in women, children aggravated in 2019: NFHS-5

As many as 68.4% children and 66.4% women surveyed suffered from anaemia in 2019

Rewind 2018: Health roundup of India

Major developments, policies, reports and disputes in the health sector

Targeting silk industry

Foetal memory

Learning starts in the womb

Chocolate caution!

Natural shield

Organic diet increases pesticide tolerance in children

Treat a fever, get a wheeze

South Asia

Will milk fortification benefit the poor?

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Nutrition challenge

Children make up for 80 per cent of deaths attributed to climate change

But they are the most ignored in the climate change discourse

Mid-day meal price hike less than Re 1 as food inflation hits record level

The annual rise of material price came after a pause of 2 years because of the pandemic

More harm than good: New study scans global treaties on environment, rights

Kyoto protocol was not not as successful as finance and trade treaties

Warned over vaccine advice

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Dumping defects

Landfill sites linked to birth defects

Children under cloud

Pollution causes birth defects