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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Encephalitis claims 131 lives in Assam
Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday disclosed that while Japanese Encephalitis has claimed 44 lives, 87 persons have died due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in the State this
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2.1 Billion Lack Safe Water Access: WHO Report
Rabat – A report by WHO and UNICEF shows that 2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home and 4.5 billion lack safely managed sanitation. While billions of people have gained access to drinking
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Overfed, obese children are malnourished too
Visakhapatnam: Underfed children are not the only ones who are malnourished. Contrary to perception, children living in urban areas, with more access to junk food combined with reduced outdoor activities,
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Outcomes of Colorado children with acute flaccid myelitis at 1 year
<p>Researchers describe long-term functional, neurodiagnostic, and psychosocial outcomes of a cohort of 12 children from Colorado diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in 2014.</p><a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/acute_flaccid_myelitis_(AFM).pdf"
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Antiviral to treat H1N1 no longer controlled
MUMBAI: The antiviral oseltamivir used to treat influenza H1N1 will be more widely available with the Union health ministry taking it off the stringent schedule X list. Now, patients will no longer need
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Malnutrition on the rise in S. Sudan’s Pibor county: MSF
The number of children suffering from acute malnutrition in the areas surrounding Pibor, eastern South Sudan, has trebled in a year and is likely to continue rising, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said.
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Hunger rife among Rohingya children after Myanmar crackdown-WFP
More than 80,000 young children may need treatment for malnutrition in part of western Myanmar where the army cracked down on stateless Rohingya Muslims last year, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on
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Drug-resistant TB higher among children than expected: report
Diagnosis is complicated due to challenges associated with sample collection While detection of tuberculosis (TB) in children remains a challenge, it has now emerged that Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR)
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Cholera, diarrhea present deadly risk to tens of thousands of children- UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is calling for funds to help provide clean water and sanitation to vulnerable communities. Yemen is in the grip of the world's worst outbreak of cholera, but diarrhea
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Nigeria: Diarrhoea, Pneumonia Leading Killer Diseases Among Children in Lagos- PSN-Pacfah
COALITION of Civil Society Organisations under the aegis, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PSN-PACFaH) has raised alarm over rising cases of diarrhoea