People

Children in India 2018: a statistical appraisal

The publication ‘Children in India 2018 – A Statistical Appraisal’, presents and analyses the statistics on the conditions of children on broad indicators such as child survival, child development and child protection, etc. covering demographic particulars such as status of child nutrition, health and education, children at work and in situations of crime, etc. The publication also provides useful information on Constitutional and legal provisions for children and important child oriented policies and programmes.

Publication Date: 
Friday, October 26, 2018
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Tags:
Children, Child Health, Education, India, Statistics, Child Labour
People

UN Report: Reproductive Rights Influence Family Size

Family size is closely linked to reproductive rights, according to the State of World Population 2018 report.

Publication Date: 
18/10/2018
Voice of America
Tags:
People, Population, Global, Population Trends, Developing Countries, Africa, Asia, UN Fund For Population Activities (UNFPA), Children
Food Policy

UNICEF: Two million children in DRC are acutely malnourished

The UN children’s agency says at least two million children in the Democratic Republic of Congo face death from malnutrition unless aid reaches them.

Publication Date: 
18/10/2018
Al Jazeera
Tags:
Food Security, Malnutrition, Children, Child Health, Congo, UNICEF, Africa
Food Policy

UN agency launches innovative, interactive advertisement in fight against hunger

UN agency launches innovative, interactive advertisement in fight against hunger

Publication Date: 
25/09/2018
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Security, FAO, Africa, Children, Child Health, Global
Health

Roadmap towards ending TB in children and adolescents

A new action plan outlining measures to prevent and treat tuberculosis (TB) in children and adolescents was launched by global tuberculosis (TB) leadership in advance of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level meeting on TB.

Publication Date: 
24/09/2018
World Health Organization
Tags:
Tuberculosis (TB), Children, Child Health, Health Effects, Diseases
Poverty

Global multidimensional poverty index 2018: the most detailed picture to date of the world’s poorest people

Over 270 million people in India moved out of poverty in the decade since 2005-06 and the poverty rate in the country nearly halved over the 10-year period, a promising sign that poverty is being tackled globally, according to latest estimates.

Publication Date: 
20/09/2018
Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
Tags:
Poverty, Rural Poverty, Children, India, Global, Statistics
Health

Levels & trends in child mortality report 2018

About 8,02,000 infant deaths were reported in India in 2017, the lowest in five years, according to the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNIGME). A new UNIGME report said 6,05,000 neonatal deaths were reported in India in 2017, while the number of deaths among children aged 5-14 was 1,52,000.

Publication Date: 
17/09/2018
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation
Tags:
Infant mortality, Child Health, Children, Statistics, India, Global
Food Policy

Starvation: a weapon of war that could kill 590,000 children by the end of 2018

Starvation being used as a weapon of war has become the new normal, according to Save the Children.

Publication Date: 
11/09/2018
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Food Security, Food Policy, Starvation, Children, Child Health, Conflicts, Congo, Africa
Health

State to take up pending Mental and Health Policy draft

PANJIM: Goa government has assured to expeditiously look into the pending draft report on the Mental and Health Policy, released by Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights in February t

Publication Date: 
11/09/2018
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Mental Health, Health Policy, Children, Child Health, Health
Health

Four of 10 HIV+ newborns may miss timely treatment: Study

MUMBAI: Four out of 10 HIV-positive newborns in the city could be missing out on timely treatment as their parents fail to return for a confirmatory diagnosis.

Publication Date: 
10/09/2018
Sumitra Debroy
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, AIDS, Children, Child Health, Health

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