The Rapid Survey on Children shows a new trend of an increased access to healthcare by marginalised communities like Dalits, Adivasis and Other Backward Classes which have made substantial gains in the last decade. However much needs to be achieved in the realm of nutrition and sanitation where these communities remain acutely deprived.

Twenty-one teenagers appeared in an Oregon courtroom to challenge the federal government over what they claim is a failure to protect them from the impacts of climate change, while several hundred

The worst part of Mulugeta Kassaw's job is not when dangerously thin children arrive at his health center in drought-stricken northern Ethiopia, often at death's door.

Even as incidence of hearing impairment among children is increasing at a fast pace, around 60% of it can be prevented by immunisation against various diseases, controlling noise pollution and regu

The HPV vaccine protects people against the group of 150-odd HPVs, some of which can cause cervical cancer.

The Lagos State government, on Monday confirmed that measles was responsible for the death of 20 children in Otodo-Gbame community in Ikate, Lekki area of the state.

Babies born to mothers exposed to air pollution from traffic during pregnancy have an increased risk of developing asthma before the age of six, according to new research by scholars from Universit

Some 260,000 people died in Somalia as a result of a drought earlier this decade
More than 50,000 children in Somalia "face death" because of the ongoing drought there, the UN says.

Luanda — A delegation of the European Union (EU) in Angola is announcing this Wednesday in Luanda the granting this year of EUR 1.3 million to fight hunger and malnutrition of children and vulnerab

Babies born in Haifa's most polluted areas have smaller heads, study claims
Experts slam 'panic-inducing' reports into health study on Haifa babies

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