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Bangladesh’s measles crisis worsened as 12 more children died, taking confirmed and suspected deaths to 451. Health experts blamed poor vaccination coverage and malnutrition, while protests erupted demanding accountability from the previous interim government over the escalating public health emergency

IT and AIIMS Jodhpur researchers have developed DomainAdapt, an AI-powered framework to detect childhood malnutrition using photos. Coupled with the AnthroVision dataset, it provides fast, scalable, and accurate assessment of stunting, wasting, and underweight in children.

Pakistan's first-ever economic census highlights stark disparities, with over 600,000 mosques and only 269,000 schools. The country faces a shortage of hospitals, formal employment, and educational institutions, limiting its economic growth

Telangana has the second-highest rate of child stunting in South India at 33%, trailing only Karnataka. Public health experts link this to chronic malnutrition, poor maternal health, and inadequate sanitation, with NFHS data painting a grim picture of under-five children’s health.

As we mark World Food Safety Day (June 7) and World Oceans Day (June 8), it’s time to see the bigger picture: the land that grows our food and the oceans that feed billions are both under threat. And that threat affects every bite we take

BRS working president has urged the Congress government to revive the Chief Minister's Breakfast Scheme, which was launched in Telangana by Chandrashekhar Rao in 2023 to prevent classroom hunger and malnutrition among more than 20 lakh students

Through his voluntary organisation, Samroha, Surakanti Sujay Reddy helping tribal children overcome malnutrition and creating awareness among tribals over the merits of literacy

Tackling malnutrition holistically is not just about meeting caloric needs but breaking the cycle of poverty and non-communicable diseases

Government may continue to be in denial mode but one cannot be blind to the stark ground realities

The 2025 target set by the government nearly a decade ago for the complete elimination of TB appears a tall order given the ground realities

The new smartphone-based tool developed by researchers of Raj Reddy Centre for Technology and Society (RCTS) at IIIT-Hyderabad promises to revolutionise the way malnutrition is detected among children.

Siri Poshana aims to provide ragi laddu, ragi java, sprouts, and multi millet laddu to students below six years, lactating women and pregnant women once in a week in the month of February.

A study conducted by the Institute of Health Management and Research (IHMR), Bengaluru, demonstrated a reduction in malnutrition by administering spirulina to children for six months

Nikshay Poshan Yojana for those diagnosed with TB is grossly inadequate to take care of the nutritional requirements

Hyderabad: This article is in continuation to the previous articles related to digestive system and and the diseases associated with it. In this article, we will discuss how Protein-Energy Malnutrition (PEM) affects infants and children to produce Marasmus and Kwashiorkar. Marasmus Marasmus is produced by a simultaneous deficiency of proteins and calories. It is found […]

Sindh: Over 36 child fatalities in Thar, a district in Sindh province in Pakistan, in the first month of 2022, have created a difficult situation for the provincial government, reported The Express Tribune. While verifying the deaths of the 36 infants, Hyderabad’s Deputy Director-General Health Dr Irshad Memon said that children born in Tharparkar district […]

India may have strongly opposed the methodology used in the preparation of the recent Global Hunger Index (GHI) that ranked the country at 101 among the list of 116 but its own official data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) confirms the seriousness of the problem of malnutrition, particularly among children and women. It […]

Satyavathi Rathod proposes an allocation of Rs 1,701.99 crore for Women Development and Child Welfare department in the 2021-22 budget

In September, the UN said that critical aid had been cut at 300 health centres and more than a third of its major humanitarian programmes had been reduced or shut down entirely.