The missing public
Rainwater harvesting aids tsunami-hit Sri Lankan villages
Children make up for 80 per cent of deaths attributed to climate change
But they are the most ignored in the climate change discourse
Vaccine could have changed the course of his life
Son of a farmer, his family spent more than it could afford on his treatment
Measles catch-up campaign falls short of expectation
Health ministry officials say impact of the campaign will show results later
In Short
Unicef ranks India poorly in child mortality
Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh fare better
Has COVAX delivered on its vaccine access promises?
Organisations behind the vaccine arm seem to be losing interest in COVID-19
Lancet series launch in India angers health activists
Series of papers calls for engaging private sector in fighting malnutrition
Wahtech
But what has the state done?
Wah India
Arsenic
Flour fortification important for Indonesia, says UNICEF
3.1 million children under five die of malnutrition annually
Study says child mortality linked to maternal undernutrition, obesity
'South Asia, Africa show poor progress towards MDGs'
India fares worse than Bangladesh and Nepal, says report
Over 300 million Indians still defecate in the open: WHO-UNICEF report
Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan do much better in improving access to sanitation
News Briefs
Lalitpur’s baby formula
Programme to promote breastfeeding improves health of children under two
Measles accounted for most excess deaths as a result of COVID-19 related vaccine disruptions
Excess deaths due to vaccine breaks amounted to 967,000 deaths, catch-up shots could avert 79% of them, finds Lancet study
The Gambia may allow female genital mutilation again – another sign of a global trend eroding women’s rights
Proposed changes before parliament could permit medicalised female genital cutting and allow it for consenting adults
Africa Union Commission calls for acceleration of efforts towards malnutrition-free Africa
Experts at the meeting called to strengthen school feeding programmes to alleviate hunger, reap psychological benefits like increased …