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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1.5 lakh infants are born with Congenital Heart Diseases in India
According to the National Family Health Survey, the infant mortality rate (IMR) in India stands at 34 per 1000 live births. About 10 percent of these infant deaths can be attributed to congenital heart
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UN: More Than 1 Million Children Going Hungry in Mali
UNICEF is warning that hundreds of thousands of severely malnourished children in Mali are at risk of dying, as the security situation in the country worsens. The United Nations reports that attacks
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In South Sudan, a Never-Ending Hunger Season Puts Millions in Danger
By February, once seen as a time of plenty, Nyabolli Chok had run out of food for her three children in their village here in South Sudan. She knew they had to leave. “We were eating leaves off of trees,”
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Kenya deworms six million school children in past five years
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya has dewormed over 6 million children in the past five years, a government official said on Tuesday. Belio Kipsang, Principal Secretary for Early Learning and Basic Education,
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Child health in India: 14 out of 20 states cut spending on key programmes
Despite greater fiscal autonomy and higher tax revenues shared by the Centre with states, 14 of 20 states surveyed cut spending on a key nutrition programme–Supplementary Nutrition Programme or SNP–that
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The implementation of the free maternal health policy in rural Northern Ghana: synthesised results and lessons learnt
<p>A free maternal health policy was implemented under Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme to promote the use of maternal health services. Under the policy, women are entitled to free services
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Women’s health crucial to combat stunting: study
Research across 640 districts links better healthcare, education to reduced stunting. A first of-its-kind study across all 640 districts of the country, highlights the impact of women’s health on stunting
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Nigeria: Vaccination Still Eludes 75 Percent of Nigerian Children- Report
Children under the age of five maybe facing a bleak future as the 2017 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, MICS, show that over 75 percent of Nigeria's children age 0 to 59 months were not fully immunized
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WHO makes business case for immunisation in Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has made a business case for how it plans to support immunisation in Africa. The UN health agency on Wednesday launched the “Business Case for WHO Immunisation Activities
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Air pollution worse inside London classrooms than outside, study finds
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a £1m fund to help tackle air pollution in schools. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Images Children in London schools are being exposed to higher levels