This report includes findings on a range of handwashing indicators from a nationally representative population along with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) indicators to provide baseline information for use in advocacy, planning and program monitoring.

Children today are sicker than they were a generation ago. The past few decades have seen a rapid rise in the consumption of synthetic pesticides. The world now uses about 2.3 million tonnes of pesticides every year, which is 50 times more than in 1950.

Consultant Nutritionist Dr. Mrs.

Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis.

In a bid to control drop out from schools in the tribal belt of the state, Rajasthan Government on Thursday said it would open 325 new government sponsored mother and child care centres on a patte

Thursday, May 29, 2014 - Quetta—Abdul Sattar, Coordinator Child Rights Movement Balochistan, on Wednesday urged the provincial government to increase budgetary allocations for children in the budge

This comprehensive study on the global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013 shows a startling increase in rates of obesity and overweight worldwide. It has been published in the journal "The Lancet".

The government has introduced a national nutrition campaign in urban areas with a view to motivating parents to monitor growth of their children under five.

In a startling revelation, a new study has found significant increase in rates of obesity and overweight in both adults (28 per cent increase) and children (up by 47 per cent) in the past 33 years,

Alarmed with three cases of death reported over the last four months along with a spurt in measles cases, Delhi government has started an exercise to identify the high risk zones in the national ca

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