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. …
BENGALURU: A recent study by a senior pulmonologist has revealed that the city’s air pollution is resulting in rising incidence of chronic cough among children. Dr H Paramesh, a senior paediatric pulmonologist, has found that air pollution was to blame for 21% of the chronic cough cases in children below …
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) investments are widely seen as essential for improving health in early childhood. However, the experimental literature on WASH interventions identifies inconsistent impacts on child health outcomes, with relatively robust impacts on diarrhea and other symptoms of infection, but weak and varying impacts on child nutrition. …
The global effort to achieve sanitation and water for all by 2030 is extending beyond the household to include institutional settings, such as schools, healthcare facilities and workplaces. This has been reinforced by global education for all strategies highlighting how water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in schools improves access to …
Cost studies were conducted in conjunction with the impact evaluations of these two PM2A (Preventing Malnutrition in Children under 2 Approach) programs to provide information on the total cost of the programs and estimate the cost of alternative versions of the programs. Providing cost-related information along with the benefits of …
The Household Energy Assessment Rapid Tool (HEART) was developed by WHO and is being pilot-tested for use in conducting rapid situational assessments and stakeholder mapping of a country’s readiness to address access to clean energy technologies. The objective of this tool is to gather and synthesize information on household energy …
Many also suffer from pre-diabetic and hypertensive conditions This should have you sitting up and worried! A survey has revealed that 30% of children attending private schools in Delhi are obese and many of them suffer from pre-diabetic and hypertensive conditions. The study Adolescent Obesity in Asian Indians – A …
Study says it leads to obesity, early metabolic problem. Hyderabad: Infant foods, Similac Alimentum and Similac Isomil, which are widely used for children with lactose intolerance, have been found to contain genetically modified foods, according to a study carried out by the Centre for Science and Environment. Twenty-five per cent …
The polio vaccine given to children under the age of five is safe, Kenya Paediatric Association has said. Some parents had expressed concern over the vaccine, saying their children had fallen sick after receiving the oral vaccination. According to some parents who took to social media to express their concerns, …
Nutrition status of children under five years in Turkana, Marsabit and Tana River has improved due to higher milk consumption, the National Drought Management Authority has said. Garissa, Mandera, West Pokot, Narok, Baringo, Laikipia, Tharaka Nithi are also on a stable trend. In its recent National Drought Early Warning Bulletin, …
Online software training sessions were also conducted for 14 medical colleges with Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) to further clarify the status of the sick newborns. While the number of sick neonates admitted to the 36 Special Newborn Care Units (SNCUs) across the state has increased since last year, a …
Vision Africa Regional Network (VAREN) has built 223 toilets in 53 Community schools in Luapula province at a cost of 2.3 Million Kwacha. Organization Executive Director Jackson Mwenya says the toilet facilities have been built with the support of UNICEF and DFID in Mansa, Chembe and Milenge district Mr. Mwenya …
High rates of overweight and obesity in Asia and the Pacific seriously threaten people’s health and undermine the region’s prosperity warns this new book published by the Asian Development Bank. According to this book, obesity causes 12% of total health care expenditures or 0.78% of gross domestic product in the …
Welfare minister says government’s efforts are yet to show results. Nagpur: Women and child welfare minister, Pankaja Munde on Thursday admitted in legislative council that 26,619 infants and children died across the state between October 2016 to February 2018. Though the government has undertaken efforts to reduce the number of …
This report takes a detailed look at the current status of childhood immunization in 10 priority countries: Afghanistan, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan and Uganda. In each country, childhood immunization coverage is broken down by multiple factors to show inequality according to child, …
Sanitation access in schools is important to keep children, especially girl children in school. It is also important to spread the culture of safe sanitation more widely, especially among the young. Using a unique mapping of DISE (District Information System for Education) data on 0.94 million schools and Primary Census …
Children who were not infected with the virus, suffered from severe dengue when they were given the vaccine. Hyderabad: The advisability of giving dengue vaccine to children not affected by the disease is being debated following the outcome of trials in the Philippines. It was found that children being given …
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare released the National Health Profile (NHP)-2018 prepared by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI). The National Health Profile covers demographic, socio-economic, health status and health finance indicators, along with comprehensive information on health infrastructure and human resources in health.
A new report released by Save the Children, a non-governmental organisation, has revealed that millions of children in Uganda are still out of school, dying before their fifth birthday, showing stunted growth and at risk of violence or harmful practices such as child marriage or child labour. The end of …
Muzaffarpur: The deaths of six children suspected to be suffering from symptoms of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis in a span of 48 hours has set off alarms in the health department. Four deaths from the Kejriwal Maternity Clinic and two from SKMCH have been reported from the …
Children in national Capital are suffering more than the adults from eye cancer. The worrying trend was revealed in an RTI reply and is a major cause of concern vis-à-vis the health of children across Delhi. The data provided by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to RTI …
