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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Protect African pupils from malaria to tackle anaemia, boost learning- researchers
Providing African pupils with antimalarial drugs, insecticide-treated bed nets and education about preventing the mosquito-borne disease may also protect them against anaemia and boost their performance
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Mwinilunga records reduced malnutrition
MWINILUNGA district has recorded reduced malnutrition levels from 4.2 percent to 1.7 percent since 2015 to date. Mwinilunga district commissioner Daniel Butali attributed the reduction to various interventions
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Militants blocking aid to starving children in Somalia, charity says
NAIROBI, June 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Lack of access to hungry parts of Somalia controlled by Islamist militants is threatening the lives of tens of thousands of malnourished children, a charity
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WFP chief urges EU to step up funds for Africa famine
Brussels - The UN food agency's director urged the European Union on Monday to help raise the $1bn needed over the next few months to save hundreds of thousands of children from starving to death in Yemen
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Schools play a key role in promoting a healthy diet plan for students
As a partner in nurturing children along with the parents, schools should take the responsibility of health management for students. At 14.4 million, India has the second highest number of obese children
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State malnutrition deaths as important as farmers’ issue: HC
Mumbai: Asking the state government to pay equal attention to tribals, Bombay high court on Monday said the issue of malnutrition deaths was more important than the farmers' issue. A bench of Justices
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Diarrhoea Control Fortnight launched in Dibrugarh
Along with the rest of the parts of the State, the Diarrhoea Control Fortnight, 2017, was formally launched in the district on June 12. Under the scheme, ORS packets will be distributed to 1.30 lakh children
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Polio outbreaks in DRC set back global efforts to eradicate the disease
Two separate outbreaks of polio in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have set back global efforts to eradicate the debilitating disease. Two cases in Haut-Lomami province and another two in Maniema
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Famine bites hard Kanungu district residents
Nelson Natukunda, the Local Council (LC) III chairman in Kanungu district says many parents have abandoned their children and most schools are almost being forced to close as they have no food for both
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Mother-to-child HIV infection in Kenya reduces by 58.67%
Only about 6,200 children were born with HIV in Kenya last year, down from a high of 15,000 in 2012. This is a reduction of 58.67 per cent. The new data means the country is on course to eliminate mother-to-child