Toronto to play host to maternal, child health summit in May

Canada will host an international summit on maternal, newborn and child health in Toronto at the end of May, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday.

Harper sai...

Empowering Girls Is A Human Right and Part of Sustainable Development

Many of us are shaped by what we experience as a child. In high-income countries, girls have lives often full of possibilities and choices, while for those girls in low- an...

India’s child mortality rate may worsen despite govt efforts

India’s child mortality rate may worsen despite the government’s efforts to lower it because of a dearth of funding, according to the India Philanthropy Report ...

The Job Of A Filmmaker Is To Afflict The Comfortable And Comfort The Afflicted

MUMBAI, March 14, 2014 – On Saturday, acclaimed Indian filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, blockbuster Nigerian director of note Tunde Kelani, and Oscar-nominated American produc...

Jeff Bridges Helps Announce School Breakfast Campaign

Jeff Bridges joined the No Kid Hungry campaign in Arkansas to announce this exciting initiative, and to highlight the importance of school breakfast for the millions of Ame...

Polio Continues To Be A Major Threat For Millions Of Children

While great strides have been taken in ridding the world of polio there are four countries where the disease continues to endanger the lives of children. The countries wher...

Global warming and our health

Global warming isn’t just bad for the environment. There are several ways that it is expected to take a toll on human health. For starters, the extreme summer heat th...

400,000 Farmers, Health Professionals Want USDA to Reject Agent Orange GMO

As decision time approaches, over 387,000 farmers, Farm workers, health professionals, and concerned individuals from across the country joined to pressure the US Departmen...

UNICEF begins polio vaccination campaign in Middle East

UNICEF announced on Monday that the organization and its partners began the largest-ever coordinated polio vaccination campaign in the Middle East following the return of t...