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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Lifelong residential exposure to green space and attention: A population-based prospective study
<p>Natural environments, including green spaces, may have beneficial impacts on brain development. However, longitudinal evidence of an association between long-term exposure to green spaces and cognitive
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National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16: Bihar
The 2015-16 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), the fourth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health, and nutrition for India and each state and union territory. For the first
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National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), India, 2015-16: Chhattisgarh
The 2015-16 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), the fourth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health, and nutrition for India and each state and union territory. For the first
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Nigeria: W'Bank- Nigeria, Others Require $150bn to Achieve Clean Water
The World Bank has said countries need to quadruple spending to $150 billion a year to deliver universal safe water and sanitation, helping to reduce childhood disease and deaths while boosting economic
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OBC, SC kids more prone to encephalitis, says study
60 per cent of affected children belong to the OBC category. Lucknow: Nearly 60 per cent of children, who suffer from encephalitis, belong to Other Backward Castes (OBC) while 28 per cent come from
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Kolar hospital saw 90 infant deaths since Jan.
A day after the death of three newborns at SNR District Hospital in Kolar, the authorities admitted to 90 infant deaths since January this year. However, in the report submitted to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah,
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The recipe for success: how policy-makers can integrate water, sanitation and hygiene into actions to end malnutrition
Food alone cannot solve the world's malnutrition crises but only three countries are looking beyond hunger to the other major driver, according to a global study released. Water, sanitation and hygiene,
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Does arsenic-contaminated drinking water limit early childhood development in Bangladesh?
Arsenic contamination in shallow groundwater aquifers remains a major barrier to providing access to safe drinking water in Bangladesh. Chronic exposure to arsenic has been shown to cause serious health
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Aid organizations deplore high malnutrition rates across Kenya
The UN and international aid organizations on Monday decried the high malnutrition rates in Kenya. The organizations - Save the Children, Action Against Hunger, World Vision, Concern Worldwide and the
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Gorakhpur rerun? 4 babies die in Raipur hospital due to disruption of oxygen supply
RAIPUR: In what could be a chilling rerun of the Gorakhpur tragedy, four newborns died at the government-run Ambedkar Hospital in Raipur due to alleged disruption of oxygen supply. Police have arrested