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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Mining in Africa: are local communities better off?
This study focuses on the local and regional impact of large-scale gold mining in Africa in the context of a mineral boom in the region since 2000. It contributes to filling a gap in the literature on
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Housing improvements and malaria risk in sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country analysis of survey data
<p>Improvements to housing may contribute to malaria control and elimination by reducing house entry by malaria vectors and thus exposure to biting. We tested the hypothesis that the odds of malaria infection
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Air Pollution Linked to 2.7M Premature Births Yearly, Study Contends
Curbing outdoor air pollution may help prevent 2.7 million premature births a year, a condition that threatens children's lives and increases their risk of long-term physical and neurological problems,
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Uganda: 11 Million Children Lack Food, Accommodation
Kampala — A Total of 11,798,600 million Ugandan children are at the verge of dying hunger and pneumonia due to lack of food and accommodation, advocates for inclusive social protection have warned.
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African Heads of State express commitment to advance immunisation
Heads of State from across Africa have endorsed the Addis Declaration on Immunisation (ADI), a historic and timely pledge to ensure that everyone in Africa receives full benefits of immunisation. The
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Nigeria: 240,000 Nigerian Children Die Annually From Diarrhoea- USAID
Makurdi — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has said that at least 240,000 Nigerian children die every year from diarrhoea related illness, one of the commonest childhood killer
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Girl, 10, treated for ‘tree man disease’
BANGLADESHI doctors yesterday conducted surgery to remove bark-like growths from the skin of a young girl believed to be the first female to suffer from a condition known as “tree man syndrome.” Sahana
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Anti-measles campaign in five Yangon townships
Concerned about the outbreak of measles in Yangon Region, the Department of Public Health has embarked on a mass vaccination campaign among children in five townships to curb the spread of the disease.
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Kiwi childhood obesity study finds low exercise rates, high screen time in overweight and obese Taranaki kids and teens
Kids and teens in a Kiwi study on the health risks associated with obesity in young people were less physically active and spent more time watching screens than nationally recommended guidelines. The
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding rising air pollution in Delhi NCR, 06/02/2017
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/02/2017 regarding rising air pollution in Delhi NCR.</p> <p>It is stated before the Apex Court