Health hazard
A new report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has rightly called for a ban on junk food in and around schools. It draws attention to the dangers posed by junk food to the health of children
Children
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Programme launched to address diarrhoeal deaths
The figures say it all. As many as 206,000 children under the age of five die due to diarrhoea every year. This means that in India, 564 deaths occur every day and 23 deaths every hour due to diarrhoeal
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Officials of the National Health Mission told that the deadly Japanese encephalitis has so far taken the lives of 75 people
Deadly Japanese encephalitis has so far taken the lives of 75 people since its breakout in the eastern part of the state, officials of the National Health Mission, said on Sunday. Officials claimed
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Rs. 500-crore project for drought-prone areas
The West Bengal government has undertaken a Rs 500-crore programme to convert 50,000 hectares of non–arable land into cultivable area in the State’s four drought-prone districts — Bankura, Birbhum, Purulia
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1.42 lakh children targeted in diarrhoea prevention campaign
More than 1.42 lakh children under the age of five year are being targeted in a diarrhoea prevention campaign that is going to be taken up by the Public Health Department and the Integrated Child Development
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Haridwar administration launches anti-malnutrition drive
DEHRADUN: To curb malnutrition in Haridwar, the district administration has set up a number of health camps, in which over 3087 children in rural areas have been screened in the last two months. For the
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115 school kids in Gandhinagar faced heart problems
Of the 51,117 schoolchildren, 18,588 were found to be anemic in the state capital Gandhinagar. Also, 12,204 students in Gandhinagar had worms. In the reply to Gandhinagar North MLA Ashok Patel, the health
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Four more Thar newborns die from drought-related causes
UMERKOT: Unrelenting drought-like conditions and delay in rains in Thar have caused deaths of four more newborn babies over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll of children to 57 during 45 days in
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Not a single case of polio reported in last 17 years
In a major achievement for Goa’s health sector, not a single polio case has been reported in the last 17 years with Health Department dishing out regular oral polio vaccine doses as part of the nationwide
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30,405 kids suffer from malnutrition
A total of 30,405 children are suffering from malnutrition in Kodagu district. As per the government scheme, milk will be distributed to the kids four days in a week and eggs will be supplied for two days