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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Nigeria: Tackling Acute Malnutrition in Insurgency Ravaged Areas
Malnutrition could have added to the number of deaths in the insurgency ravaged areas of the North-east if not for the intervention of UNICEF and other international agencies. It is a recognised fact
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UNICEF finds dramatic inequality among world's poorest, richest children
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of children who do not attend school is rising, child marriage has not dropped in decades and millions of young children will die mostly preventable deaths
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Nourishing millions: stories of change in nutrition
<p>This book by IFPRI brings together the most intriguing stories from the past five decades to show what works in nutrition, what does not, and the factors that contribute to success. It includes nutrition success stories on the ground in places ranging from Bangladesh, Brazil, Nepal, Peru, Thailand, and Vietnam to Ethiopia and the state of Odisha in India.</p>
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Government introduces injectable polio vaccine in Tamil Nadu
CHENNAI: Six months after the union health ministry ushered in injectable polio vaccine, Tamil Nadu has introduced it in its routine immunization. Since Monday, close to 20,000 infants across the state
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Malawi: Unicef Commits to 300,000 Children At Risk of Malnutrition in Malawi
With 6.5 million people - a third of the population - in Malawi facing acute food shortage, UNICEF has committed to continue vital nutrition support for the country's 300,000 children who are at risk of
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Assessment of schoolchildren for congenital heart disease using murmurs and blood pressure as markers
<p>Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the major causes of cardiovascular diseases in developing countries. CHD among neonates and young children is responsible for the largest proportion of mortality
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Noise pollution is a serious threat to children
One may not realise it but noise pollution can be a serious threat to a child's physical and psychological health. This tends to reflect even in the child's behaviour, say experts. According to the
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India continues to be polio-free: Nadda
Nothing alarming about vaccine-derived polio virus, says Union Health Minister “India continues to remain polio free. What has been found here is a vaccine-derived polio virus and not a wild strain.
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Toxic Air Pollution, Stressors Of Climate Change: Root Causes Of Ill Health On Children Today
Researchers discovered that fossil fuel combustion, carbon dioxide and associated air pollution are the root causes of much of the ill health of children today. They are vulnerable from the toxic pollution
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ICMR backs health accreditation of schools
To fund unique project in all institutions in Chandigarh, Hyderabad in country’s first such experiment With childhood obesity rising, the health research wing of the government is toying with the idea