The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
The life expectancy of children born today will be shortened by 20 months on average by breathing the toxic air that is widespread across the globe, with the greatest toll in south Asia, according to a major study. Air pollution contributed to nearly one in every 10 deaths in 2017, …
Parents and grandparents around the world are mobilising in support of the youth strikes for climate movement that has swept the globe. Under the banner Parents for the Future, 34 groups from 16 countries on four continents have issued an open letter. It demands urgent action to fight climate change …
Overall life expectancy in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, has dropped to 52.2 years, according to the latest data by the National Population Commission (NPC). In a statement reaching Xinhua in Abuja on Tuesday, the NPC confirmed that the overall life expectancy in the country has dropped by three years. …
Over 1.2 million Indians died early due to exposure to unsafe air in 2017 reveals the State of Global Air 2019 released by the Health Effects Institute. Air pollution is now the third-highest cause of death among all health risks, ranking just above smoking, in India. The life expectancy of …
The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an International Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), says no fewer than 150 children affected with lead poisoning in Zamfara are still undergoing treatment. Simba Tirima, Deputy Head of Mission, MSF in Nigeria, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. In 2010, …
The UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank inter-agency team regularly updates joint global and regional estimates of child malnutrition. These estimates of prevalence and numbers for child stunting, overweight, wasting and severe wasting are derived for the global population as well as by regional groupings of United Nations (UN) regions …
Kagadi — More than 30 people especially children have been hospitalised following measles outbreak in Kagadi District. The measles outbreak has been reported in Rugashali and Mabale sub-counties. Ms Naster Tumwine, a medical worker at a local clinic in Rugashali town, said the affected parishes include Rugashali, Yerudani, Buhumuriro and …
The Australian government has announced 2.2 billion Australian dollars (1.5 billion U.S. dollars) of investment in road safety initiatives. Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack, announced the funding on Friday, only days before Morrison …
Thousands of children who survived a cyclone in southeast Africa face fresh risks in its aftermath - being sold into slavery by human traffickers or forced into early marriage by families struggling to survive, aid workers say. Traffickers often prey on lone children caught up in chaotic scenes such as …
National Nutrition Agency (NaNA) in Collaboration with UNICEF on Monday 25th March 2019 launched the Gambia 2018 Survey Report on Macronutrients and Dissemination. According to the Survey Report, the objective was to obtain updated and reliable information on the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies and nutrition-related to non-communicable diseases, in children …
The Somali government, the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) had kicked off a national polio immunization campaign aiming to reach about 3.1 million children under age five. Fauziya Abikar Nur, health minister said the four-day exercise is part of ongoing efforts to sustain …
Thane: In order to meet the 100 per cent target of MR vaccination, the civic health authorities have decided to visit each and every household so that not a single child is missed from being vaccinated for measles and rubella vaccination shots. The health department stated that this move was …
At least 14 people died and more than 32,000 were infected in a major measles outbreak in Ukraine in the past three months, the country's Health Ministry said on Monday. A total of 32,939 people, including 18,109 children, were infected from December 28, 2018 to March 12, 2019 by measles …
No fewer than 1.13 million children are expected to be vaccinated against polio in the ongoing four-day house-to-house immunisation exercise in Adamawa. The Information Officer of the State Ministry of Health, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, made this known on Monday in Yola. Abubakar said the four-day exercise under Supplementary Immunisation Plus …
Globally, the number of 15-24 year olds who are not in education, employment or any kind of training is estimated to be around three times higher for younger women adolescents (175 million) than young men (63 million). In India, the prevalence is over 15 times higher in young women than …
From the world’s northernmost town, Longyearbyen, down to Cape Town in South Africa, from the Western tip of Anchorage in Alaska to Tokyo in Japan, young people are preparing to go on a school strike for the climate. The walkout on on Friday 15 March will be the biggest yet, …
Italian children have been told not to turn up to school unless they can prove they have been properly vaccinated. The deadline follows months of national debate over compulsory vaccination. Parents risk being fined up to €500 (£425; $560) if they send their unvaccinated children to school. Children under six …
Two months ago, giggles floated through the home of fisherman Dada as his four-year-old son played ball outside with his two younger cousins on one of Madagascar’s famed sun soaked beaches. A few weeks later, all three children were dead, victims of the worst measles outbreak on the Indian Ocean …
Large numbers of children remain malnourished in Laos, especially in poorer rural parts of the country, despite efforts by the UN World Food Programme and other concerned organisations to provide better food, sources in Laos say. Though numbers have improved slightly in recent years, the problem persists and is especially …
This study examines the relationship between natural hazard-related disasters, including those influenced by climate change, and child and adolescent poverty in India and Kenya. It explores these connections through a lifecycle approach focusing on the incidence of child poverty and longer-term poverty dynamics and wellbeing. The analysis combines a range …
