Dietary guidelines for India 2024
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recently revised the dietary guidelines for Indians to provide healthier diet and lifestyle recommendations, ensuring dietary and nutritional requirements
Child Health
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Association of maternal folate intake during pregnancy with infant asthma risk
<p>Several studies assessed the association of maternal folate intake with infant asthma risk, but the fndings are controversial. We performed a meta-analysis to clarify the association between maternal
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Silent suffocation in Africa: air pollution is a growing menace, affecting the poorest children the most
Only 6 per cent of children in Africa live in areas where air pollution is reliably measured at ground-level, leaving half a billion children across the continent living in areas with no reliable means
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Air pollution linked to childhood anxiety, study suggests
As exposure to air pollution continues to be a well-established global health problem, researchers have found its connection with symptoms of childhood anxiety. As part of the study, a team of researchers
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Mission polio-free dist on admn’s mind
To make children aged 0-5 years free from polio disease, a pulse polio drive would be held in the district from June 16 to 20. The drive would be held in Ludhiana city, Sahnewal and urban areas of Koom
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Global Childhood Report 2019
More than a quarter of a billion children better off today than 20 years ago. But one in four children still denied right to a safe and healthy childhood, with children living in or fleeing conflict zones
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India had world's highest child mortality rate in 2015: Lancet study
The highest mortality rate in Assam was more than seven times that in Goa. India had more deaths among children under five than any other country in 2015, with large disparities in the child mortality
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Despite vaccination, 12 measles cases surface in 2 Mumbai wards
MUMBAI: Over a dozen fresh cases of suspected measles have been detected in children from two city wards. What has perplexed authorities, though, is that many of the affected children were vaccinated in
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South Sudan intensifies efforts to control ongoing measles outbreak
Juba To interrupt the transmission of the measles virus, the Ministry of Health for South Sudan, with support from the World Health Organization, UNICEF and other partners, have launched reactive measles
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Association between exposure to the natural environment, rurality, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children in New Zealand: a linkage study
<p>Several small experimental studies and cross-sectional observational studies have shown that exposure to the natural environment might protect against attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
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UNICEF-WHO low birthweight estimates: levels and trends 2000-2015
The UNICEF-WHO low birthweight estimates report presents new global, regional and national estimates of low birthweight, showing that 1 in 7 babies worldwide – more than 20 million babies – are born with