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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Enabling environments for nutrition advocacy: a comparison of infant and young child feeding and food fortification in Nigeria
The importance of an enabling environment for effective nutrition advocacy is well-recognized, and several key elements of such an environment have been well-established in existing research. However,
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Fed to fail? the crisis of children’s diets in early life.- 2021 Child Nutrition Report
Nutritious food in the earliest years of life is the cornerstone of a child’s development. Yet 2 in 3 children between the ages of 6 months to two years are not getting the nutritious diets they need to
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Protecting children during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond
Joining Forces for Africa (JOFA), the consortium formed by six major child-focused NGOs (Child Fund International, Plan International, Save the Children, SOS Children Villages, Terre des Hommes International
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Monitoring progress on universal health coverage and the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in the South- East Asia Region
The sixth annual report on Monitoring progress towards UHC and the health-related SDGs in the South-East Asia Region provides a comprehensive overview on where we are and what is needed to achieve the
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Impacts of sanitation on child mortality and school enrollment: a country-level analysis
Analysis of sanitation, health, and education using country-level data suggests that sanitation improves child health, increases enrollment, and leads to higher girls’ participation in schools. Sustainable
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Regional overview of food security and nutrition in the Near East and North Africa 2020
A United Nations study indicates that hunger in the Arab region continues to rise, threatening the region's efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Zero Hunger goal.
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Order of the Supreme Court of India on the schemes to be formulated for class X and XII students after the cancellation of physical exams due to Covid-19, 24/06/2021
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Anubha Shrivastava Sahai & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/06/2021 regarding holding of class X and XII standard examinations.</p>
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Children and digital dumpsites: e-waste exposure and child health
<p>Effective and binding action is urgently required to protect the millions of children, adolescents and expectant mothers worldwide whose health is jeopardized by the informal processing of discarded electrical or electronic devices according to this new ground-breaking report from the World Health Organization.</p>
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Effect of extreme weather events on child health in rural Uganda
Children in rural farming households across the developing countries are often vulnerable to a multitude of risks, including health risks associated with climate change and variability. This study empirically
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The State of the World’s Midwifery 2021
Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year. Millions of lives of women and newborns are lost, and