United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has disclosed that no fewer than 34,512 children in Adamawa State are severely malnourished, a situation it described as “high prevalence” and unacceptable.

The dangers of smoking near a child have been well-documented and now, a new study has revealed that exposure to tobacco smoke inside the home can increase their childhood illnesses.

The visits as well as the clean-up have come after the death of 12 inmates at the home, eight of them female, allegedly from a bacterial infection.

PARIS – Researchers raised the alarm Wednesday about an obesity explosion among children in rural China as a Western-style diet high in sugar and carbohydrates starts taking its toll.

UNITED NATIONS – The magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck Ecuador’s northern Pacific coast on April 16 destroyed 280 schools, leaving 120,000 children without access to education, UNICEF said Tuesd

Nagpur: India loses a big number of children to severe diseases every year. Many of them can be saved if there are trained doctors to work in paediatric intensive care.

Wife of Nasarawa State governor, Salamatu Almakura, has called the extent of malnutrition among the state's children a "serious challenge" after latest figures showed up to three out of every 10 ch

Japan has some of the worst wealth inequality and highest rates of child poverty among the world’s developed nations, according to a UNICEF report unveiled Thursday, which ranked the nation 34th ou