As told to Parliament (March 19, 2021): No special plan for children under 15 impacted by pandemic

All that was discussed in the House through the day

COP28: A parent appeals for the future of her children

Leaders at COP28 must listen and act for a healthy future for all our children

Simply Put: Childhood diabetes

Free secondary education in African countries is on the rise — but is it the best policy?

Secondary school enrolment rates still lag far behind those in other world regions

Simply Put: The nutrition question

Making Odisha child-marriage free — an optimistic view

People have questioned the process of declaring villages child-marriage free

Centre signs US $200 million loan deal with World Bank for POSHAN Abhiyaan

Amount to be used as financial aid to reduce stunting among children

Extreme weather events led to 12 million displacements of children in 2022, estimates UNICEF

Some 25.8 million children were displaced by internal conflict and violence

International Girl Child Day: Crimes against girls on the rise in India, especially eastern states

Strenghening community-based child protection systems imperative

'Childhood cancers doubled in Delhi in 25 years, when city's air quality also became toxic'

Manas Ranjan Ray, former assistant director & head, department of experimental haematology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, …

2023 in a blink: DTE revealed the true extent of air pollution on India’s children this year

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023  

Simply Put: Gifts from Santa, anyone?

Teacher shortage: Sub-Saharan Africa needs 15 million new educators despite gap closing globally

Recruitment target hardly changed in the region since 2016

As told to Parliament (July 29, 2021): Some 927,606 children in India are ‘severely acute malnourished’

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Every third child in the world is poor: UN

Children are more prone to poverty than adults across the world

Children in 48 African countries at high risk of climate change impacts, says UNICEF report

International climate finance does not prioritise children, says UNICEF

Simply Put: Age of inequality

Diarrhoea in children under 5 more prevalent in rural India: NFHS-5

Bihar reported the highest prevalence of the disease  

Health in news on May 16

India has world’s highest number of children with severe acute malnutrition: UNICEF

One out of every five deaths in children under five globally is due to severe wasting

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

Indoor air pollution can slow down brain development in infants: Study

Very small particulate matter can move from respiratory tract to brain

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

Globally 78.2 million children out of school: UN report

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

Simply Put: A childhood of heavy lifting