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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Malnutrition deaths: Tell govt. to act, Odisha Opposition tells Governor
As the different Opposition parties continued to blame the BJD government for the death of 19 tribal children in Nagada village due to malnutrition, the BJP on Thursday urged Governor S.C. Jamir to direct
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Nutrition for tribals stuck in Odisha government slow lane
BHUBANESWAR: The shocking spate of deaths among Juang infants in mineral-rich Jajpur’s Nagada has exposed the slow progress achieved by the State in ensuring appropriate nutrition for its tribal populace
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Hundreds of children in Nigeria's Boko Haram-hit Borno starving, says Unicef
The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) has estimated that almost a quarter of a million children in Nigeria's Borno state, which was once controlled by the Islamic militant group Boko Haram,
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Malnutrition, measles turn fatal in Nagada
The blood samples collected from disease-affected under-weight children in Nagada village in Jajpur district have tested positive for Immunoglobulin M (IgM) confirming prevalence of measles. Health
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Review of Mid Day Meal Scheme, 18/07/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Review of Mid Day Meal Scheme, 18/07/2016. Under Mid Day Meal Scheme, hot cooked meals are provided to 10.03 crore children in 11.50 lakh institutions on every working day
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Odisha district in throes of child malnutrition
Government opens free kitchen and health camp as five children of Jajpur die in 20 days The Odisha government is struggling to provide health care in Nagada village and adjoining hamlets, perched on
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Comparison of artesunate–mefloquine and artemether–lumefantrine fixed-dose combinations for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children younger than 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa: a randomised, multicentre, phase 4 trial
<p>WHO recommends combinations of an artemisinin derivative plus an antimalarial drug of longer half-life as treatment options for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infection. In Africa, artemether–lumefantrine
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Expanded Indian National Rotavirus Surveillance Network in the context of Rotavirus Vaccine introduction
<p>The objective of the study was to extend a nation-wide rotavirus surveillance network in India, and to generate geographically representative data on rotaviral disease burden and prevalent strains.</p>
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Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in human milk and serum from the US EPA MAMA Study: Modeled predictions of infant exposure and considerations for risk assessment
<p>Serum concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in U.S. women are believed to be among the world’s highest, however, little information exists on the partitioning of PBDEs between
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The patient with multiple mesenteric cystic lymhangioma was treated in neonatal perıod through prenatal diagnosis: Case report and literature review
<p>Mesenteric cystic lymphangiomas are benign congenital tumors characterized by the proliferation of lymphatic channels. There is an uncommon disorder that constitutes 0.5 % of all lymphangiomas and can