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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In Rwanda, Combating Malnutrition Begins with Educating Parents
RUGERERO, RWANDA - When Vestine Umwanankundi learned her three children were suffering from malnutrition, she worried that she wouldn't be able to afford the quantity of food necessary to ensure their
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Out of sight, out of mind — Behavioral and developmental care for rural children
<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just offered further evidence that American children — and rural children in particular — are in trouble. Previously, the CDC had
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Kenya: Cut On Trump's Fund Puts Millions of Lives At Risk
Millions of Kenyan women and children dependent on health care funded by a UN agency face a bleak future. The United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) receives funding from the United States, but Donald
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SA kids remain 'chronically malnourished'
At least a fifth of South Africa's children are chronically malnourished, even though almost two-thirds of minors receive a child-support grant. And there had been only a negligible drop in the prevalence
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Hundreds of children diagnosed with cancer in SA each year
If, however, these cancers are detected early, the children's chances of survival are as high as 77%. 0 Cancer can be a devastating diagnosis and can have a huge effect not only on the child but on
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MNCH launches case study report on health
THE Ministry of Health and the Zambia Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) Alliance have launched a case study report dubbed ‘Investment case in Zambia’s future’ to advocate for increased resources
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More children suffer from malnutrition, disease in Somalia: UN
UNITED NATIONS, (Xinhua) -- As a possible famine looms, an increasing number of children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, cholera or acute watery diarrhea in Somalia, the UN Children’s Fund
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Child and adolescent health from 1990 to 2015
<p>This study found significant global decreases in all-cause child and adolescent mortality from 1990 to 2015, but with increasing global inequality. In countries with a low Socio-demographic Index (SDI),
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The enigma of litchi toxicity: an emerging health concern in southern Asia
<p>How is it possible that lychee, a deliciously sweet tropical fruit, could induce a fatal hypoglycemic encephalopathy in children? The answer is straightforward: the edible fruit (aril) of lychee or
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Children need US $255 million to help in looming famine: UNICEF
UNITED NATIONS New York (Xinhua) -- Nearly 1.4 million children are at the risk of starvation in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen with famine looming, said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)