Environment

Some household plastics could increase risk of childhood asthma, study finds

Several years ago, Columbia University researcher Robin Whyatt and her team at the Mailman School of Public Health discovered that inner-city kids in New York have some of the highest asthma rates

Publication Date: 
17/09/2014
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Environment, Hazardous Products, Health Effects, Asthma, Plastics, Children, Child Health
Mining

Protesters back El Salvador for denying gold mining permit

Protesters rallied on Monday to demand that a World Bank tribunal reject an international mining company’s claim for $300 million (185 million pounds) from El Salvador over denial of a gold mining

Publication Date: 
17/09/2014
Reuters
Tags:
Mining, El Salvador, Gold, World Bank, Water Pollution, Water Quality, Water Supply, Environment, Arsenic, Children, Health Effects
People

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding female foeticide, 16/09/2014

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Voluntary Health Association of Punjab Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/09/2014 regarding female foeticide and the reduction of sex ratio.

Judgement Date: 
16/09/2014
Tags:
Children, Women, Supreme Court, India
Health

Levels and trends in child mortality 2014

The number of under-five deaths worldwide has declined from 12.7 million in 1990 to 6.3 million in 2013 according to this annual UNICEF report on child mortality released today. Says that India along with Nigeria account for the highest under-five deaths in the world

Publication Date: 
16/09/2014
UNICEF
Tags:
Infant mortality, Child Health, Children, India, Global, Statistics, Health, Nutrition
Sanitation

Toilets' data not given by 43 districts: MP education department

Madhya Pradesh not only lags way behind in availability of toilets to children of government schools across the state, officials also don't seem to be interested in providing details of the status

Publication Date: 
16/09/2014
Rageshri Ganguly
Times Of India (Bhopal)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Toilets, Children, Bhopal (D), Balaghat (D), Jabalpur (D), Sanitation
Natural Disasters

14 children among 43 confirmed dead in Kashmir floods

Rains hamper rescue Ops; 60,000 shifted, 2 lakh still marooned

Publication Date: 
15/09/2014
Kashmir Times (Jammu)
Tags:
Jammu & Kashmir, Floods, Children, Srinagar (T), Rainfall, Flood Relief, Natural Disasters
Climate Change

Climate shocks, food and nutrition security: evidence from the Young Lives cohort study

Many people living in poor communities in Ethiopia, Andhra Pradesh (India), Peru and Vietnam experience climatic shocks such as droughts and floods, and many face episodes of food insecurity.

Publication Date: 
11/09/2014
Paul Dornan, Maria Jose Ogando Portela, Kirrily Pells
Oxfam
Tags:
Climate Change, Food Security, Nutrition, Droughts, Floods, Ethiopia, Andhra Pradesh, India, Peru, Vietnam, Children, Environment
Health

Rising heart attacks among youth linked to childhood stress: Study

A latest analytical report for public use on risk factors for heart disease prepared by Dr BB Chanana, senior interventional cardiologist and HoD, Cardiology, at Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, Delhi, s

Publication Date: 
11/09/2014
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Hypertension (Blood Pressure), Children, Health Effects, Heart Diseases, Health
Poverty

Well begun but not yet done: progress and emerging challenges for poverty reduction in Vietnam

This book presents the key findings from a new poverty assessment for Vietnam, led jointly by the World Bank and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS). It takes a fresh look at the lives of poor men, women, and children, and explores the constraints and opportunities they face today in rising out of poverty.

Publication Date: 
09/09/2014
Valerie Kozel
The World Bank
Tags:
Poverty, Vietnam, Economy, Unemployment, Housing, Women, Children, Minorities, Economic Development
Health

E-cigs refills 'threat to children'

Parents need to keep electronic cigarette refills away from young children because of the risk of poisoning, doctors in Birmingham say.

Publication Date: 
09/09/2014
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Smoking, United Kingdom (UK), Child Health, Children, Health Effects

Pages