Shanghai warned children and the elderly to stay indoors for a second day as haze engulfed the city, sending PM2.5 levels to more than 9 times the World Health Organization’s recommended exposure.

LAHORE: Parliamentary Secretary on Health Khwaja Imran Nazir says the Punjab Protection of Breastfeeding and Child Nutrition Ordinance 2012 is in the final phase and will soon be presented in the a

Project soon for each to have access to sufficient food

Odisha will soon launch a zero hunger challenge project in collaboration with the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP).

Shanghai warned children and the elderly to stay indoors as smog engulfed the city, sending PM2.5 levels to seven times what the World Health Organization recommends for daily exposure.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - Karachi—Sindh health department had as yet administered drops of anti-measles vaccine to 1076922 children of 29 districts of Sindh during day of extended campaign for the

The world’s biggest funder of vaccines for developing countries wants to raise $7.5 billion for inoculations to save as many as 6 million lives over five years.

About four lakh people fall victim to cancer every year in Bangladesh as the deadly disease turned into an epidemic form. Of them, 12,000 to 13,000 are children.

COIMBATORE: The city has reported six cases of dengue in the last 20 days. Doctors say cases of symptomatic dengue have steadily been increasing after the brief spell of rains last week.

An Obama administration program set up to reduce chronic hunger and poverty has contributed to rising incomes for farmers around the world and has helped save millions of people from starvation, ac

Three new polio cases confirmed from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) on Monday have taken the total polio case count this year to 66.