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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Prickly issue
Will the inclusion of Hepatitis B vaccination in the Universal Immunisation Programme help?
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Killer on the prowl
Hepatitis B is a communicable disease with a high strike rate the germ: "The Hepatitis B virus kills 20 out of every 100 infected people each day. This works out to 400 times the people who die
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Infanticide
Soya based infant formula damages kids immune system
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Final report of the investigation of unusual illnesses allegedly produced by endosulfan exposure in Padre village of Kasargod...
Final report of the investigation of unusual illnesses allegedly produced by endosulfan exposure in Padre Village of Kasargod District (N.Kerala)Submitted to the Honourable National Human Rights Commision.
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Every drop kills
Waterborne diseases are the biggest threat to children
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Tropic of cancer
Childhood cancer rates in India are increasing by six per cent every year
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Junk life
Fast food and slow death
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Brain dead
When pencils and paints lead to lower IQ
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Children of a lesser god
Children don t have a voice. They can t lobby or fight governments. The initiative lies with India s medical establishment and the civil society
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Soft Target
Children are bearing the brunt of environmental degradation. Across the class divide, they are eating, drinking and breathing poison. And their special bodies make them most vulnerable to a host of diseases