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 …
Mumbai: Retinoblastoma, a rare form of eye cancer affecting only about 2,000 people in India per year, is the most common among children under the age of five. About 92 per cent of such children live in the developing countries. Many children lose their eyesight or die from this cancer …
Dehradun: According to the recently published National Family Health Survey (NFHS) IV, as many as 72.5% of children surveyed in the age group of 12 to 23 months, considered a crucial period in a child’s development and immunity-building, were not getting immunised on time. The report indicates that the situation …
The United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) has said of the 21 local councils in kebbi State, 20 are consistently rated worst in child poverty and protection. Representative of UNICEF field office in Sokoto, Dr. Danjuma Nehemiah, stated this yesterday at a two day state engagement planning workshop in collaboration …
Play has a role in cancer treatment. Just as yoga, pranayama and physical training do, as a growing number of hospitals and doctors across the country are now realising. Walk into the chemotherapy area of HCG Pvt Ltd, a cancer hospital in Bengaluru, and you are likely to see young …
At least 47 million children under the age of five live in areas facing severe air pollution with dangerous effluent density, a report said on Monday. The report by Greenpeace-India, based on data from state and central pollution control boards, asserted that as many as 47 million children live in …
Gurgaon: The health department has vaccinated 3,500 children in the entire district under the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) drive, thus achieving a target of 100 per cent. Under this drive, children are vaccinated against preventable diseases such as TB, Polio, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough ect. During the four months campaign that …
GURUGRAM: The health department has vaccinated 3,500 children in the entire district under the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) drive, thus achieving a target of 100 per cent. Under this drive, children are vaccinated against preventable diseases such as TB, Polio, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough ect. During the four months campaign that …
Adding vitamins will reduce coronary artery inflammation, says expert In a breakthrough in the management of cardiac ailments in Kawasaki disease, a team of doctors led by Saji Philip, paediatric cardiologist at St.. Gregorios Cardio-Vasular Centre at Parumala near Thiruvalla, have found that adding vitamins A, C and E to …
Trichy: More than 2.68 lakh children were administered polio vaccine at the polio immunisation drive that was conducted across the district on Sunday. The drive was inaugurated by minister for tourism Vellamandi N Natarajan and minister for backward classes and minority welfare S Valarmathi. Trichy district witnessed the first phase …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala State AIDS Control Society (KSACS) has decided to go with 4th generation Elisa test, instead of nucleic acid-based test, to detect HIV in the window period. A study conducted by the society has found that the Elisa test was more effective than nucleic test. HIV screening had become …
Meerut: On the occasion of the National Immunisation Day, a polio eradication drive was launched by health department officials on Sunday. As part of the drive, a polio booth was set up where children below five years of age were administered oral vaccination. Officials said that from Monday, health department …
MANGALURU: As finance minister Arun Jaitley is busy giving final touches to the Union Budget for 2018-19, an ASSOCHAM-EY joint paper has said that nearly 4% of India's GDP is estimated to have been lost due to malnutrition and certainly women and children deserve a better deal in expenditure outlay, …
The Chandigarh health department is also approaching the UT police so that one constable accompanies every team during the vaccination drive. According to the department, 97,780 children are expected to be vaccinated this month. IN A first, the Chandigarh health department has decided to launch a night pulse polio immunisation …
CHENNAI: In the country's diabetes capital, it is only natural that worries of most residents are about high blood sugar and other complications. In 2017, at least one in three Chennaiites who logged into online consultation platforms asked diabetes-related queries. In 2015, sexual health topped the list of questions from …
Most child deaths in India occur from treatable diseases like pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and complications at birth. A recent alarming signal in the health profile of Indian children went largely unnoticed. India, whose growing prosperity has hardly made any significant dent into chronic malnutrition of children, slipped three places to …
Understanding the Impacts of Pesticides on Children highlights the various pathways of exposure and outlines the associated effects on children’s health. This discussion paper summarizes key research (with footnotes that offer links to freely available external resources), delves into the issues, and offers concrete ideas for solutions.
Children, pregnant women, elderly and people with respiratory problems suffer the most due to it, says S.P. Byotra. New Delhi: Women exposed to air pollution during preconception period or one month after the conception have increased risk of delivering babies with birth defects suchas cleft lip or palate, abnormal hearts, …
Says around 12 million babies in South Asia under the age of one are worst affected Recent Unicef report stating that pollution permanently damages young children’s brain has triggered a concern among parents in the city. The report was released this month and has been going viral online since then. …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Status of Malnutrition, 15/12/2017. The status of malnutrition in the country amongst children and adolescent girls is covered under the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted periodically by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. The details are given in this document:
Rural communities in Kenya risk losing out on billions in royalties even as the country prepares to draw the first revenue from oil. A new report from Transparency International has found that communities living in areas with mineral resources are overlooked in the process of issuing mining approvals. Kenya among …
