Study by US and Indian researchers finds nearly 6m annual clinically diagnosed dengue cases between 2006 and 2012

Since 1986, India has spent over $3 billion on constructing toilets across the country, figures from the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation show.

After the summer vacations most children in Pakistan have returned to their schools, but the education of thousands of children in the Pakistani province of Punjab has been disrupted by recent floo

Probiotics if taken regularly have the potential to protect children and pregnant women against heavy metal poisoning, a new study says.

Welfare and Social Services Minister Meir Cohen and Eli Alalouf, head of the Committee to Fight Poverty, announced on Monday the intended allocation of NIS 1.7 billion for the implementation of the

States saw little relief from poverty in the past year, especially among children, the unemployed and those in the lowest income brackets.

Children living in polluted districts suffer from restricted lung growth. Photo: Felix Wong

One in every 10 school children in the National Capital Region (NCR) between 13 and 16 years of age is overweight and therefore at a risk of developing heart diseases, a survey said Sunday.