'Female health workers played a critical role in making Africa wild polio-free'
Tunji Funsho, who led the effort to make Nigeria wild polio-free, says COVID-19 is a setback to the last mile of polio eradication
COVID-19 can reverse decades of progress in eliminating child deaths: UN
Almost 68% of 77 countries surveyed reported at least some disruption in health checks and immunisation services, which may lead to increase in …
Under-five child mortality drops 53 per cent from 1990 to 2015: report
Despite progress, a large number of children are still dying due to preventable causes. Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia are the regions …
Fresh cases of polio in Syria spark fears of global disease outbreak
Many people from Syria, who have fled West Asia to escape civil strife, may carry the disease to nations where they seek refuge
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
Topping the wrong chart: India has highest number of stillbirths
India recorded 0.34 million stillbirths in 2019; COVID-19 has disrupted health systems and added to the existing burden
230 million children are living in conflict-ridden countries worldwide: UNICEF
Exposure to violent conflicts among chief reasons affecting the survival and growth of children
Bihar all set to check encephalitis
Open defecation along the Gandak in Uttar Pradesh causes the disease in Bihar, says study
Age at marriage in India: A gossamer of complexities and intricate linkages
India is the home to largest number of child brides. Nearly 27 per cent women aged 20-24 years were married before attaining 18 years of age
34% of environmental indicators under SDGs lack standards
Lack of standards means there is no benchmark from which to calculate the Sustainable Development Goals
Periods in a pandemic: Women, girls in low-income settlements need more support
Measures taken to slow the spread of COVID-19 may have made things worse by affecting their ability to buy sanitary products
Two billion children exposed to high levels of air pollution: UNICEF
Every year, about 600,000 children under the age of five die from diseases linked to indoor and outdoor air pollution
Burden of birth
Maternal deaths in Bihar go unreported, while state claims maternal mortality ratio has decreased
COVID-19, war and hunger: Yemen’s humanitarian crisis is becoming worse
Over 10 million are on the brink of famine; as many as 400,000 children are at the risk of dying, according to UN
Acute malnutrition risking 30 million children’s lives: WHO
8 million children severely malnourished; UN agencies call for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable in 15 countries
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
Is India really open-defecation-free? Here’s what numbers say
15% of the total population in India defecates in the open in India, according to WASH report 2021
Boost for global polio eradication campaign
India's triumph can help other polio-endemic countries understand how to deal with the challenge, Deepak Kapur, chairperson of Rotary’s …
Where do Indians defecate?
Half of India's population defecates in the open. In all probability, they will continue to do so for the next 10 years
Sudan conflict fallout: Over 1,200 children have died in country amid healthcare crisis, says UN
Children died from suspected measles and malnutrition; those under five account for over three-quarters of all deaths
India shows the way for other polio-endemic nations
After India’s unexpected feat of freeing itself from polio, the target to eradicate the debilitating disease from the world, set in 1988, …
New financing facility to help poor countries reach 2015 development goal
Additional funds will speed up progress on women and child health in developing countries
Migrants denied basic human rights, says study on Kolkata
One-third of India’s population are migrants, but the country is yet to make a policy or plan for them, says collaborative study report by …
India loses up to $46 billion to malnourishment
Report by children’s non-profit links childhood malnourishment to educational performance, adult income and GDP
COVID-19 pandemic, repeated weather shocks drove 122 million more to hunger since 2019: UN
If trends remain as they were, the UN-mandated Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of ending hunger by 2030 will not be reached