Tag: Children
Premature babies too need mother’s milk: Study
Researchers at AIIMS have found that instead of being a help, starting an early complementary diet in preterm infants had an adverse effect on premature babies....
PATH welcomes new promising study results for rotavirus vaccine candidate
PATH is also working with Serum Institute to conduct an additional Phase 3 study to gather data required for World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification
GIGH to extend national salt reduction programme to school children
The George Institute for Global Health to extend the programme to 15000 school children from Delhi and Hyderabad under a pilot project..........
Rice fortification with Iron to address incidences of Anaemia
India has developed the requisite technology for the fortification rice with iron to address the incidences of Anaemia in the country....
Overweight kids in Delhi-NCR more prone to diabetes: ASSOCHAM study
Meagre 4 percent of kids engaged in physical activity; ASSOCHAM raises concern about alarming rise of diabetes among kids.....
Eli Lilly & Disney publishing releases custom books for kids with...
The Lilly Diabetes and Disney collaboration combines Lilly’s long history and deep understanding of diabetes with the magic of Disney storytelling to provide inspiration....
Fortified rice to counter anaemia in Indian children
Food fortification is the easiest way to deliver micronutrients to large populations and the Department of Biotechnology intends to utilize similar route.......
India produces 83 billion eggs annually, govt plans to triple the...
The availability of eggs is 63 per person per year, while as per National Nutrition Institute this should be about 180 eggs per person....
Few days left to apply for GSK & Save the Children’s...
The launch of fourth annual $1 million Award rewards innovations in healthcare that have helped to reduce child deaths in developing countries....