Children: victims of war and poverty

Double trouble

DISEASE DETAILS

Hazardous votes

Out of bounds

Schools in Tehran are closed due to pollution

Asthma and ozone

Children face a greater risk

No kidding

Pollution can have adverse effect on the lungs of children

Learning to live with noise pollution

Parents' keepsake

The world's first mummies arsenic poisoning victims in Chile in 5000 BC

Road kill

Sick mothers, ill children

CoP 26: ‘Every third child is severely exposed to water scarcity’

UN bodies red code the impact of climate change on water resources crippling overall development

Every fifth child faces water scarcity globally: Unicef report

More than 155 million children in South Asia live in areas with high or even extremely high water vulnerability, Unicef says

UN lays down guidelines to protect children displaced by climate change

Nearly 10 million children were displaced due to weather-related shocks in 2020 alone, according to UN reports

COVID-19 fallout: 25 million children missed routine vaccinations last year

India among countries where maximum number of children missed diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis shots

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

Drug research for children lags behind that for adults; WHO steps in to change it

Bacterial infections, such as pneumonia, neonatal sepsis, and gastrointestinal infections, are the leading causes of death among children worldwide

Even an hour of screen time can affect mental health of 2-year-olds: study

Children and adolescents may have less curiosity, lower self-control & emotional stability, shows a study that surveyed more than 40,000 …

Clean air is a human right: WHO

World needs to reduce number of deaths from air pollution by two-thirds by 2030, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general, WHO in his …

Anaemia in women and children on the rise, Assam fares worst: NFHS-5

Men, irrespective of age group, have reported the lowest increase in the incidence of anaemia according to NFHS-5 data

Three in four children in South Asia exposed to extreme high temperatures: UNICEF

Recent episodes of extreme weather events raise further concerns about a future where children are expected to face more frequent and severe heatwaves

The business of malnutrition

How companies are supplying unsafe and unverified nutrition supplements to children in Karnataka

Simply Put: A childhood of heavy lifting

Globally 78.2 million children out of school: UN report

Over half the out-of-school children are girls, data shows