Breastfeeding week kicks off amid concerns over unlawful tactics by baby food companies

Health activists call for effective implementation of regulations that ban promotion of baby foods and feeding bottles for infants

Production and sale of baby food to be monitored

Non-profits and two autonomous state agencies authorised to lodge complaints regarding violations. Will that be enough to bring violators to book?

Steps to check infant deaths in West Bengal prove too little

42 infants have died at Kolkata super speciality hospital; most were referred and came in critical condition

Children of a lesser god

Ankur Paliwal finds out why Shravasti district is the worst place for a child to be born in

Maternal and neonatal mortality rate high despite improvement in childbirth practices

A study conducted in public health centres in Uttar Pradesh shows complying to essential childbirth practices did not significantly alter …

Science for people

From launch of India's Mars mission to the humble papaya filter, 2013 witnessed big and small breakthroughs in the field of science

Essential healthcare services failed in Attappady: UNICEF

Doctors and staff at health centres, tribal hospital not following protocol for emergency maternal and new born care; essential drugs missing

Poor understanding of maternal, infant mortality rates & misuse of law behind Assam child marriage crackdown

State’s poor health performance lies in larger developmental issues; Prohibition of Child Marriage and POCSO Acts being misinterpretated

'World needs to invest US $15.5 billion a year on breastfeeding'

World Bank estimate for investment on breastfeeding is less than 20 per cent of what is required, according to international non-profit, IBFAN

Infant deaths in J&K: ill babies given pentavalent vaccine, says PUDR

Report of health experts deputed by civil society group says infants did not receive timely medical care when they developed serious reaction

Infant deaths continue in Attappady

As advisor to prime minister visits the tribal block panchayat, activists demand special care for pregnant adivasi women

Uttarakhand safest for newborns: first annual health survey

Survey will help measure progress of development goals and formulate district-level plans better, says health ministry

Mobile technology to be used to improve maternal and child health in Africa

Smartphones will help health workers track the health of expecting mothers and their unborn children

Sinking in illicit liquor

Most men in tribal hamlets spend all their wages on hooch and women are doomed to shoulder the burden of their families

Why infant deaths continue in north Bengal

Over 350 infants have died in spurts at the Malda district hospital in the past few years; malnourishment, overcrowding and almost non-existent …

‘Restore land to tribals; allow them to be self-reliant’

K K Usha Raju took charge as president of Attappady block in Kerala seven months ago. She is 31 years old and belongs to Muduga tribal community. …

Victims of development

Schemes launched by the government in Attappady have reduced the area’s tribals to wage labourers and has disempowered them

The land betrayal

Attappady's tribals have been alienated from their land by settlers as well as the government. This is the root cause of their poor health status …

Criminal neglect takes toll on Attappady tribes

30 infants die in five months as result of malnutrition; rural development minister announces Rs 125 crore package

Deadly nursery: DTE analysis of studies in last 5 years shows how air pollution kills India’s children

Around 25 research studies and papers published between 2018 and October 2023 seen by DTE, show that poor air causes low birthweight, stunting …

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