Breaking The Cycle Of Malnutrition: Healthy Mothers Produce Healthy Babies

Every baby in the womb eats what its mother does, or more accurately derives its essential nutrients from her. Thus, even mild maternal malnutrition can impair fetal develo...

Vaccination Is Not Just For Children

Immunisation is always associated with children, but doctors warn that protection from some childhood vaccines can wear off over time.
Adults can also be at risk for v...

Why Clean Energy, Not Coal, Is The Solution To Poverty

It is the development conundrum of our era. Extremely poor people cannot lift themselves out of poverty without access to reliable energy. More than a billion people live w...

Pin The Creep: Annual Crime Report Says One Third Of Mumbai’s Women Vulnerable To Attacks

Over a third of Mumbai’s women feel unsafe, with almost 47 per cent jump in cases of rape, molestation and

sexual assaults in the year 2014-15, according to a...

Rural Development Ministry, NACO Sign Pact To Aid HIV-Affected People

NEW DELHI: In a bid to reach out to people affected by HIV/AIDS and those vulnerable to it, the Rural Development Ministry today inked a pact with NACO for mainstreaming th...

Don't Care About Climate Change? What About The Health Of Children?

Climate change is not just an urgent environmental issue; it is having a devastating effect on health. Doctors for the Environment Australia?s (DEA) latest report finds tha...

Don't Care About Climate Change? What About The Health Of Children?

Climate change is not just an urgent environmental issue; it is having a devastating effect on health. Doctors for the Environment Australia’s (DEA) latest report fin...

Manisha Koirala Partners With UNFPA To Help Quake-Affected Women

Manisha Koirala has partnered with the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) and Government of Nepal to help quake affected women of Nepal. Noted Bollywood ...

Study: Measles Shot Helps Ward Off Other Illnesses

LOS ANGELES — A new study suggests that the measles shot comes with a bonus: By preventing that disease, the vaccine may also help your body fight off other illnesses...