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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Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2016-17: survey findings report- Nigeria
Despite concerted efforts to curb the menace, malnutrition among children under five years is worsening in Nigeria, a new survey has revealed. The fifth round Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS5)
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Poorest London children face health risks from toxic air, poverty and obesity
Tens of thousands of the poorest children in London are facing a cocktail of health risks including air pollution, obesity and poverty that will leave them with lifelong health problems, according to a
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Thirdhand smoke can damage liver, brain tissues: Study
Exposure to thirdhand-smoke can significantly harm your liver and brain tissues within a month, with the effect worsening over time, scientists have warned. Thirdhand-smoke (THS) results when exhaled
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Two deaths, 151 dengue positive cases in K’thala
Two patients have died and a whopping 151 dengue positive cases have been reported in Kapurthala district since April. In Jalandhar as well, 18 cases of dengue have been reported so far this year. Meanwhile,
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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017
After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, affecting 815 million people in 2016, or 11 per cent of the global population, says a new edition of the annual United Nations
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Better data and health worker training may cut stillbirths: study
Stillbirth, which is defined as a baby born without life at or after 28 weeks gestation, is one of the major problems facing the health sector across the world. It is estimated that about 26 lakh stillbirths
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‘Whether it's fighting polio or meningitis, India has shown way in health innovation'
As co-chair of the foundation she started with her husband Bill, Melinda Gates is the world's leading woman philanthropist. In an exclusive interview, she tells Joeanna Rebello Fernandes how tech innovations
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Goalkeepers: the stories behind the data
The progress made by Nigeria and other countries in reducing extreme poverty and disease in recent decades is in jeopardy, according to an inaugural annual report by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Gorakhpur tragedy aside, 981 children die everyday in UP
LUCKNOW: Death of children in Uttar Pradesh is much bigger an issue than reflected by the recent tragic incidents of Gorakhpur and Farrukhabad. An assessment of National Family health Survey (NHFS) data
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More effort needed to curb malnutrition in Ghana- Report
More efforts are needed, particularly by the government to curb the spate of malnutrition in Ghana and other parts of Africa, an international report has recommended. The report launched on Monday by