Water Pollution

After 12 deaths, Jaipur home to finally get treated water

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.

Publication Date: 
02/05/2016
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Water Pollution, Health Effects, Children, Jaipur (T), Child Health, Diarrhoea
Health

Delivering the Millennium Development Goals to reduce maternal and child mortality: a systematic review of impact evaluation evidence

Improved outcomes for women and children - more education, lower fertility rates, higher nutritional status, and lower incidence of illness, among other outcomes - have broad individual, family, and societal benefits.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2016
The World Bank
Tags:
Child Health, Maternal Health, Infant mortality, Children, Health, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), India, Global
Health

Three-decade study finds rural Chinese kids getting fat on junk food

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.

Publication Date: 
28/04/2016
Japan Times (Japan)
Tags:
Health, Obesity, Non Communicable Diseases, China, Child Health, Children, Junk Food, Nutrition
Natural Disasters

UNICEF: Quake Left 120,000 Children Without Schools in Ecuador

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

Publication Date: 
27/04/2016
Latin America Herald Tribune
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Children, UNICEF, Education, Ecuador
Health

Inequality in mortality decreased among the young while increasing for older adults, 1990–2010

Many recent studies point to increasing inequality in mortality in the U.S. over the past twenty years. These studies often use mortality rates in middle and old age. Here we study inequality in mortality for all age groups in 1990, 2000, and 2010. Our analysis is based on groups of counties ranked by their poverty levels. Consistent with previous studies, we find increasing inequality in mortality at older ages.

Publication Date: 
21/04/2016
J. Currie, H. Schwandt
Science
1-10
Tags:
Health, United States Of America (US), Aged, Children, Child Health
Health

Less than 100 paediatric intensivists in country’

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.

Publication Date: 
18/04/2016
Payal Gwalani
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Children, Diseases, Child Health, Dengue, Swine Flu, Health Effects, Health
Health

Nigeria: Three in 10 Nasarawa Children Malnourished

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

Publication Date: 
15/04/2016
All Africa
Tags:
Health, Nigeria, Malnutrition, Child Health, Nutrition, Children, Africa
Poverty

Japan ranked 34th out of 41 developed nations in UNICEF child poverty index

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

Publication Date: 
15/04/2016
Japan Times (Japan)
Tags:
Poverty, Children, Japan, UNICEF, Italy, Spain, Greece, Israel
Climate Change

What is the association between absolute child poverty, poor governance, and natural disasters? A global comparison of some of the realities of climate change

The paper explores the degree to which exposure to natural disasters and poor governance (quality of governance) is associated with absolute child poverty in sixty-seven middle- and low-income countries. The data is representative for about 2.8 billion of the world´s population. Institutionalist tend to argue that many of society’s ills, including poverty, derive from fragile or inefficient institutions.

Publication Date: 
14/04/2016
Adel Daoud, Björn Halleröd, Debarati Guha-Sapir
PLoS ONE
1-20
Tags:
Poverty, Children, Natural Disasters, Climate Change, Governance, Developing Countries, India, Kenya, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Thailand
Climate Change

Group of 21 children sue US government for failing to do enough to stop global warming

A group of 21 children are suing the US government for failing to adequately address global warming after a judge ruled that the case has merit and should go forward.

Publication Date: 
13/04/2016
International Business Times
Tags:
Climate Change, United States Of America (US), Global Warming, Children, Climate Mitigation, Fossil Fuels, Carbon Dioxide

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