Tag: Children
India to soon have its National Surrogacy Board
The union government has approved the plan to amend surrogacy (regulation) bill, 2016 to ensure effective regulation of surrogacy, prohibit commercial surrogacy and allow altruistic surrogacy to the needy Indian infertile couples................
Health ministry conducts national-wide deworming campaign
The National Deworming Day is a single fixed-day approach to treating intestinal worm infections in all children aged 1- 19 years and is held on 10 February and 10 August each year...............
Save the Children releases call to action on Pneumonia, aims to...
Save the Children has launched a global report on Pneumonia – Fighting for Breath – A call to action on childhood Pneumonia..........
23 young people with ‘type 1 diabetes’ scale Maharashtra’s highest peak
India’s first trek for type 1 diabetes - ‘OneUp’ - has demonstrated how people with T1D can take on any challenge if they regularly monitor their blood sugar, have carefully regulated meals and scheduled insulin administration..........
One million children saved, says a new study published in the...
As per the ‘India’s Million Death Study’, there have been significant reductions in mortality from pneumonia, diarrhoea, neonatal infections and birth asphyxia..............
The Singing Tree to spread awareness on preventable child blindness
Published in seven local languages, the book will be distributed to 75,000 children free of cost across India...........
Clinical trials of antibiotics on children now allowed in India
Drugs Controller General (India) has given approval for conduct of various clinical trials of Antibiotics on children under one year of age........
Study reveals Lucknow most protein deficient at 90%, Delhi at 60%
73% of Indian diets are protein deficient; Indian vegetarian diets worst affected with 84% being protein deficient; while 65% of Indian non-vegetarian diets too suffer from protein deficiency.........
Awareness alone not enough to address lifestyle diseases
In spite of better awareness, there is huge knowledge-practice gap among teenagers, the study done among school children in Kolkata has found...........
Meenakshi Mission Hospital completes 11,000 free cleft lip & palate surgeries
This is the highest number of cleft lip and palate repair surgeries conducted by any hospital in India beyond the main metros.....