Health

Food Insecure Children Are More Likely To Be Obese

It's a contradiction in the starkest terms.

Publication Date: 
10/09/2015
Huffington Post
Tags:
Health, Food Security, Obesity, Child Health, Children, United States Of America (US)
Poverty

One in six Japanese children live in poverty, threatening their education, future

“Abenomics” may have helped double stock prices and enabled companies like Toyota Motor Corp. to post record profits in Japan, but one segment of the economy remains behind: the poor.

Publication Date: 
10/09/2015
Japan Times (Japan)
Tags:
Poverty, Children, Japan, Education, Economy
Health

Committing to child survival: a promise renewed – progress report 2015

This report from A Promise Renewed – a global partnership initiative aimed at ending preventable child and maternal deaths – features updates and analyses of global, regional and national child mortality levels and trends.

Publication Date: 
09/09/2015
UNICEF
Tags:
Child Health, Children, Infant mortality, Maternal Health, Nutrition, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), India, Global
Health

Levels and trends in child mortality report 2015

Child mortality rates have plummeted to less than half of what they were in 1990, according to a new report released. Under-five deaths have dropped from 12.7 million per year in 1990 to 5.9 million in 2015.

Publication Date: 
09/09/2015
UNICEF
Tags:
Infant mortality, Child Health, Children, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), India, Global, Statistics
Health

Farm air may prevent asthma in children

For researchers trying to untangle the roots of the current epidemic of asthma, one observation is especially intriguing: Children who grow up on dairy farms are much less likely than the average c

Publication Date: 
09/09/2015
Environment News Network
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Asthma, Children, Child Health, Respiratory Diseases
Health

Child mortality falls by 50% since 1990 - report

The greatest risk is during the first few days after birth, the report says

Publication Date: 
09/09/2015
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Health, Child Health, Infant mortality, WHO, Children, Africa, Global
Health

4.3L kids to be weighed to detect malnutrition

BAREILLY: Over 4.27 lakh children, below five years of age, will be weighed on September 7 and 10 to detect the exact number of malnutrition cases in the district.

Publication Date: 
07/09/2015
Ankit Yadav
Times Of India (Bareily)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Bareilly (D), Malnutrition, Children, Child Health, Health Effects, Health
Health

Nigeria: 190,000 Nigerian Children Die of Diarrhoea Yearly

Dr Jude Oko, a member of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Abuja chapter, has said that no fewer than 190,000 children die of diarrhoea in Nigeria every year.

Publication Date: 
03/09/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Health, Diarrhoea, Nigeria, Waterborne diseases, Child Health, Children, Africa
Health

Children paralysed in Ukraine polio outbreak

Two children have been paralysed in the first polio outbreak in Europe for five years, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Publication Date: 
03/09/2015
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Health, Polio, Diseases, Child Health, Children, Ukraine, WHO
Health

Delivering for nutrition in Madhya Pradesh: insights from a study on the state of essential nutrition interventions

In India, policies are in place to address the set of nutrition-specific interventions that will accelerate progress in nutrition, if implemented at scale.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2015
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Nutrition, Health, Child Health, Poverty, Madhya Pradesh, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Women, Children

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