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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Mathematical modeling of programmatic requirements for Yaws eradication
<p>Yaws is targeted for eradication by 2020. The mainstay of the eradication strategy is mass treatment followed by case finding. Modeling has been used to inform programmatic requirements for other neglected
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The effects of policy-driven air quality improvements on children’s respiratory health
The research report describes a study by Frank Gilliland and colleagues that was funded under HEI’s Accountability research program. The investigators collected air quality data and lung function and respiratory
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Malnutrition among kids doubles in decade
From 9.2 per cent in 2005-06, the figure has touched 15.6 per cent in a latest surveya The government may have been making efforts to tackle malnourishment, but a majority of the measures, it seems,
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Children in the chulha trap: Eliminating toxic exposure in anganwadis of Bihar
This quick assessment has been carried out by Centre for Science and Environment to ascertain how switching from biomass-based solid fuels to cleaner liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking of midday
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Evaluation study on role of Public Distribution System in shaping household and nutritional security India
The Public distribution system (PDS) is an Indian food Security System for the poor people established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution.
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Malnutrition in India, 16/12/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Malnutrition in India, 16/12/2016. The National Food Security Act, 2013 is being implemented in all the States/Union Territories (UTs). State/UT-wise detail of coverage
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Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding increase in the use of drugs and alcohol among children in India, 14/12/2016
<p>Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Bachpan Bachao Andolan Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/12/2016 regarding alarming increase in the use of drugs and alcohol among children
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2016 Asia and the Pacific regional overview of food insecurity: investing in a zero hunger generation
Progress toward defeating hunger in the world’s most populous region has slowed and countries of Asia-Pacific must redouble their efforts if the Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger is to be met
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‘National policy can help cut malnutrition issues’
JAIPUR: Naveen Jain, chief of state's unit of the National Health Mission (NHM), said at a meeting of stakeholders on the problem of malnutrition in Rajasthan that the programme of community-based management
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Genetic ablation of AXL does not protect human neural progenitor cells and cerebral organoids from Zika virus infection
<p>Zika virus (ZIKV) can cross the placental barrier, resulting in infection of the fetal brain and neurological defects including microcephaly. The cellular tropism of ZIKV and the identity of attachment