Tag: Children
Giving antibiotics to kids below 2 years risky
Children below the age of two who are given antibiotics are at a higher risk of asthma, eczema, respiratory allergies, obesity, attention deficit hyperactivity...
Video games good for Child brain: Study
Parents usually are worried about their kids spending more time in video games. Moreover, with Covid 19 pandemic, the parents often complain that their...
Kids of Mom’s with healthy lifestyle much healthier
A mother’s health and her healthy habits will reflect in a child. A child whose mother had a healthy lifestyle is now known to...
Child protection funding needs streamlining
The world has seen an increase in funding for child protection but the gaps still remain wide with the increase in need at an...
Zero gender-based violence, preventable maternal death, unmet need for family planning.
The world is in need of zero gender-based violence, zero preventable maternal death and Zero unmet need for family planning. In a bid to...
Babies consume 1.6 million microplatics a day
We all know that microplastics are everywhere. They are found in the water we drink, the fish we eat and the food we eat....
UNICEF to stockpile 520 billion syringes
With countries around the globe gearing up to distribute COVID 19 vaccines, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has begun stockpiling syringes and other necessary equipment.
“To...
Girls need to remain longer in school for better society
When a girl's education is cut short, the impact can be felt for generations and it leaves a vital gap in their community, country...
Unemployment leads to more child hospitalisation
Does unemployment lead to hospitalisation of Children? Yes, it is true. A study in the United States, if believed, said that every one per...
Accelerate commitments made 25 years ago to ensure future of girlchild:...
Reminding that COVID 19 pandemic has exposed the existing inequalities and discrimination that girls face, the UN Human Rights experts called on Governments to...
