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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New Study Reveals Why Children Prefer Junk Food Over Health Food
This study in the American Journal of Children and Media tells you why children choose junk food over health food! According to a study published in the Journal of Children and Media, children prefer
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Doc fights malnutrition with green fingers
When he is not attending to patients, Dr V Soundarrajan, the head of a primary health centre in Seruvaviduthi village near Peravurani in Thanjavur district, would be seen clearing the ground, sowing seeds
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Progress for every child in the SDG Era
Early assessment of progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals confirms an alarming lack of data in 64 countries, as well as insufficient progress toward the SDGs for another 37 countries
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24,000 refugee children in S. Sudan facing retarded growth: UNHCR
More than 24,000 of refugee children under five years in South Sudan suffer from growth retardation, a nutrition survey done by the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) shows. The agency said the survey,
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Nearly half of S. Sudan’s population need food assistance: report
The warning comes after three United Nations agencies warned that 7 million people in South Sudan risk facing severe food insecurity in the coming months without sustained humanitarian assistance and access
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No African country will end child malnutrition by 2030, says study
No African country is expected to reach the UN target of ending childhood malnutrition by 2030, according to a new study. The research, comprised of two papers published in the science journal Nature,
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National policies on the management of latent tuberculosis infection: review of 98 countries
<p>The objective of the study was to review policies on management of latent tuberculosis infection in countries with low and high burdens of tuberculosis.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/96/3/17-199414-ab/en/"
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13.8% schoolchildren at risk of lifestyle diseases
Study on 1.04 lakh children in the city The world over, surveys have pointed to a prevalence of obesity among children, and Bengaluru is no exception. A school-based screening of 1.04 lakh children
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Lack of policy on rare diseases a bane for kids
Jaipur: National Policy for Treatment of Rare Disease has come as a hope for children born with the metabolic disorders (rare diseases). Until state government does not take interest in formulating its
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East Africa Aims to Eliminate HIV/Aids, Preventable Maternal and Child Deaths By 2030
Kampala — The Chairperson of the EAC Sectoral Council of Ministers of Health and Minister of State Health in the Republic of Uganda Sarah Opendi has said that the region is committed to eliminate HIV/AIDs