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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Residential green space in childhood is associated with lower risk of psychiatric disorders from adolescence into adulthood
<p>Urban residence is associated with a higher risk of some psychiatric disorders, but the underlying drivers remain unknown.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/green-space-childhood.pdf"
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Hyderabad: Major dip in vaccination drive
Only 4 lakh children took the polio drops against the target of 4.8 lakh. Hyderabad: Following the death of two infants after administering the wrong drug at the urban health center in Nampally last
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Africa: South Africa Bids to Regain WHO Polio-Free Certification
South Africa is part of a 'pariah' group of countries that are not certified polio-free, thanks to weaknesses in our surveillance and vaccination programme. The Department of Health is determined to win
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Ban cars from idling near schools, says UK public health agency
Cars should be banned from idling near schools and congestioncharges imposed across the UK as part of measures recommended by the government public health agency. In a report on Monday, Public Health
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Without vaccine, hundreds of children die in Madagascar measles outbreak
Two months ago, giggles floated through the home of fisherman Dada as his four-year-old son played ball outside with his two younger cousins on one of Madagascar’s famed sun soaked beaches. A few weeks
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From minding the gap to closing the gap: science to transform maternal and newborn survival and stillbirths in sub-Saharan Africa in the Sustainable Development Goals era
New report offers solutions to improving maternal and child health in Africa. The African Academy of Sciences and The Academy of Medical Sciences publish a report detailing ways to improve maternal, neonatal
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Poorest of poor and uneducated women left behind in ICDS
Anganwadi services have a poor reach among key beneficiaries – the poorest of the poor and uneducated mothers – according to a paper published in a WHO bulletin recently. The government’s Integrated
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Child malnutrition rates still high in Laos despite best efforts
Large numbers of children remain malnourished in Laos, especially in poorer rural parts of the country, despite efforts by the UN World Food Programme and other concerned organisations to provide better
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TISS study in Palghar on children under six yrs: 59% children stunted, 53% underweight
Between April and June 2017, the school of health systems studies at TISS surveyed 375 tribal hutments with children aged under six, including 166 boys and 209 girls, in Vikramgad block of Palghar district.
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The nonlesional skin surface distinguishes atopic dermatitis with food allergy as a unique endotype
<p>Skin barrier dysfunction has been reported in both atopic dermatitis (AD) and food allergy (FA). However, only one-third of patients with AD have FA.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Skin-barrier-dysfunction.pdf"