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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Mission Indradhanush: How govt vaccinated over 2.55 crore children across the country
Clerics in Patna signing vaccination pledges, camps after sunset for children of migrant workers in Maharashtra, boat clinics in Assam taking the booster shot to remote locations It is not often that
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Big boost for India, prevention of typhoid turns easier, Bharat Biotech vaccine gets WHO nod
The new vaccine was found to have given a longer immunity from typhoid than older vaccines and it required fewer doses for childhood immunisation. Bharat Biotech Ltd (BBL), a Hyderabad-based vaccine
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Malnutrition ravages India’s children
Most child deaths in India occur from treatable diseases like pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and complications at birth. A recent alarming signal in the health profile of Indian children went largely
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South Africa: Soweto's pollution alarms residents, children at risk
In Johannesburg, tens of thousands of South Africans live at the foot of mountains of mining waste, a remnant of gold mining that has enriched the country, but now threatens the health of residents .
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Limit children's snacks to 100 calories, health body says
Half of the sugar young children in England consume comes from unhealthy snacks and sweet drinks, figures show. On average, primary school children have at least three sugary snacks a day, Public Health
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Health and nutrition in urban Bangladesh: social determinants and health sector governance
Urbanization is occurring at a rapid pace in Bangladesh, accompanied by the proliferation of slum settlements, whose residents have special health needs given the adverse social, economic, and public environmental
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Understanding the impacts of pesticides on children
Understanding the Impacts of Pesticides on Children highlights the various pathways of exposure and outlines the associated effects on children’s health. This discussion paper summarizes key research (with
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Babies develop defects due to pollution’
Children, pregnant women, elderly and people with respiratory problems suffer the most due to it, says S.P. Byotra. New Delhi: Women exposed to air pollution during preconception period or one month
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Militants in Lake Chad Region Block Polio Program
Scientists warn a campaign to eradicate polio in central Africa is falling short because of upheaval in the Lake Chad Basin area, where the Boko Haram militant group remains active. On the positive side,
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Close schools if air quality hits emergency mark: NGT to Delhi government
The NGT said that it would pass detailed order on ways to handle air pollution after perusing the action plans submitted by the Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh governments. The The