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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Sailing in uncharted waters: Carefully navigating the Polio endgame
<p>In 1988, the World Health Assembly (WHA) passed a historic resolution to eradicate polio by the year 2000, resulting in the creation of the largest public–private partnership for health—the
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Population immunity against Serotype-2 Poliomyelitis leading up to the global withdrawal of the oral Poliovirus Vaccine: Spatio-temporal modelling of surveillance data
<p>Global withdrawal of serotype-2 oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV2) took place in April 2016. This marked a milestone in global polio eradication and was a public health intervention of unprecedented scale,
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Poverty and shared prosperity 2016: taking on inequality
<p>India’s rapid economic growth is helping drive down the number of poor people living in Asia, a new report says. The number of people living below the poverty line, on $1.90 a day or less, in South Asia decreased by 37 million in 2013 from a year earlier according to World Bank.</p>
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Physical changes in the home environment to reduce television viewing and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among 5- to 12-year-old children: a randomized pilot study
<p>This study evaluated the feasibility of a home-based intervention to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage intake and television viewing among children. Lower income parents of overweight children aged 5–12
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Envisioning a healthy future: Africa’s shifting burden of disease
Africa has the highest prevalence of communicable diseases in the world. In 2015, more than three times as many people died from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, and more than ten times as many people died
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School siting near industrial chemical facilities: Findings from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board’s investigation of the West Fertilizer explosion
<p>The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) investigated the 17 April 2013 explosion at the West Fertilizer Company (WFC) that resulted in 15 fatalities, more than 260 injuries, and
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Journey of food fortification: fighting malnutrition improving lives
A comprehensive regulation on fortification of food by FSSAI is a important milestone in the country's journey to address malnutrition. Fortification is seen as an important intervention to tackle micronutrient
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Planning for the worst: estimates of obesity andcomorbidities in school-age children in 2025
<p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/uploads/0.53555700_1453290582_fat.jpg" style="width: 280px; height: 210px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />By 2025, India will have over 17 million obese
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CSE team in Meerut studies impact of Delhi’s discarded vehicles on NCR pollution
Meerut: A team from the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) landed in Meerut on Tuesday morning to launch an intensive study of pollution levels here. Equipped with cutting-edge equipment, the team’s
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Immunodeficiency in kids is alarming: Study
According to Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, four out of 10 Indian children don’t receive full immunization during infancy thus making them vulnerable to immunodeficiency. Hence, experts warn