Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
An estimated 26% of current global child deaths is attributable to diverse and modifiable environmental factors, addressed under multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study assesses future child mortality reductions from achieving environment-focused SDG targets. It uses projections of environmental health-risk factors from the IMAGE 3.0 Integrated Assessment Model, based …
PANJIM: Goa government has assured to expeditiously look into the pending draft report on the Mental and Health Policy, released by Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights in February this year. Replying to a media question on the delay in finalising the policy, Women & Child Development Minister …
Starvation being used as a weapon of war has become the new normal, according to Save the Children. Its analysis shows more than half a million infants in conflict zones could die of malnutrition by the end of the year if they do not receive treatment, the equivalent of one …
MUMBAI: Four out of 10 HIV-positive newborns in the city could be missing out on timely treatment as their parents fail to return for a confirmatory diagnosis. Failure to detect and treat HIV early may not just cause irreversible neurological damages, but also prove fatal for babies. Doctors at the …
Four children who were suffering from severe malaria were admitted to the paediatrics unit of the Women and Children Hospital in the past one month. Apart from this, around 10 confirmed cases of malaria were reported by the paediatrics OPD. Doctors at the paediatrics unit said the number of children …
The new millennium brought renewed attention to improving the health of women and children. In this same period, direct deaths from conflicts have declined worldwide, but civilian deaths associated with conflicts have increased. Nigeria is among the most conflict-prone countries in sub-Saharan Africa, especially recently with the Boko Haram insurgency …
Khartoum — SOME 300 000 South Sudanese children are at high risk of death from malnutrition emanating from deteriorating food insecurity in the war-torn country. More than 6 million locals, including 1,1 million children, are affected by the uncertainty of the availability of food. The Unity State, with three counties …
“Sometimes, there are tons of babies, and there are not that many nurses, so they’re understaffed. It was really hard to work there, but then it also challenged me to really go back and work really hard to be able to provide this care that is accessible to them,” said …
A major new study has shown that rotavirus vaccination reduced infant diarrhoea deaths by 34% in rural Malawi, a region with high levels of child deaths. The study led by scientists at the University of Liverpool, UCL, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and partners in Malawi provides the …
The East African Community member (EAC) states plan to develop a policy framework to address the human and animal health threat of aflatoxin contamination and boost food security, the economic bloc said on Wednesday. Christophe Bazivamo, Deputy Secretary General of the EAC, told a regional forum in Nairobi that aflatoxins …
The UK has experienced the driest start to a summer since records began in 1961, but safe drinking water remains in plentiful supply. Others around the world are not so fortunate. According to the charity WaterAid, millions of people are going thirsty this year despite high levels of local rainfall. …
HYDERABAD: In a cause for concern, a team of Indian researchers has found that babies in prams can be exposed to up to 60 per cent more pollution than their parents, causing potential damage to their frontal lobes, impacting on their cognitive abilities and brain development. Frontal lobe is the …
Kaduna — Tremendous advances have been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS globally as about 1.4 million new HIV infections among children under 15 have been averted since 2010, an HIV/AIDS Specialist with UNICEF in Kaduna, Dr. Idris Baba, has said. Dr. Baba disclosed this at a media meeting on …
Sudan is exerting great efforts to reduce maternal and newborn children mortality rates by enhancing reproductive health services. Earlier in the day, Sudan's Health Ministry published the result of its most recent survey to determine the need of the health institutions relating to emergency health services for mothers and children. …
The Federal Ministry of Health says in spite of the health and economic benefits of exclusive breastfeeding to mother and child, only 24 per cent of infants are exclusively breastfed in Nigeria. Chimay Thompson, the Assistant Director, Nutrition Division, Family Health Department in the ministry said exclusive breastfeeding for the …
IGNORANCE of types of food with the right ingredients among people in the East African region is the main cause of malnutrition in the block. Experts in agriculture, food and poverty alleviation who were in a three-day symposium here voiced their concern that people tend to go for expensive foodstuff …
A rotavirus vaccine introduced in rural Malawi has reduced deaths from infant diarrhoea by more than a third, proving for the first time that a major intervention in a low-income country can be highly effective. The findings, published in the Lancet Global Health, are likely to add further weight to …
Guwahati: Japanese encephalitis has claimed 66 lives in Assam so far while the total number of positive JE cases in the state stood at 308. Data provided by the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, Assam, revealed that Sonitpur and Kamrup are the two districts where the number of deaths …
The study also said that many schools were not aware that canteens were serving high-calorie drinks and deep fried snacks. New Delhi: According to a study conducted by Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH), close to 30 per cent urban children in eight private schools of Central and West Delhi were …
The court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Jainendra Baxi, a film director, through his lawyer Aditya Pratap. The petition stated that there was no law that prohibits people from carrying their own food inside the theatres. The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said by not allowing …
