Bangalore, DHNS:

Children under the age of six are more vulnerable to lead poisoning.

BEIJING: China

BEIJING: Lawyers advising victims of China's spreading tainted milk scandal said Tuesday that they were under growing pressure from officials in central China to withdraw from the cases.

CHINA IS POSTING inspectors to monitor dairy companies and imposing new rules to improve accountability among milk suppliers, as it moves to restore consumer confidence after tainted baby formula sickened tens of thousands of children.

With news of 53,000 babies fighting renal failure in Chinese hospitals stunning the world, and authorities in countries such as Singapore, Philippines and Japan withdrawing Chinese milk products from stores, global consumer trust in products from China and, by extension all developing countries, has hit an all-time low.

NEW DELHI: Strongly opposing the Centre

A new type of ready-to-use food is changing the way severe malnutrition is treated. But questions remain about how far to push its introduction--and science has a hard time providing the answer.

Scheme being carried out in collaboration with Lions Club International and Max Hospital

MCD school children being tested for anaemia

NEW DELHI: By extending its anaemia control programme to Municipal Corporation of Delhi-run schools in Shahdara (South) Zone recently, the civic body is aiming to cover more school children under the ambitious venture.

The occurrence of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in human blood is known to be widespread; nevertheless, the sources of exposure to humans, including infants, are not well understood. In this study, breast milk collected from seven countries in Asia was analyzed (n = 184) for nine PFCs, including perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA).

Diarrhoea is the leading cause of child deaths in South Asia. Universal access targets have been set in the region and changes made, yet governments are still failing to act with the urgency required. At current rates of progress, the 2015 MDG target for sanitation will not be met in South Asia until 2043

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