Care the newborn like Kangaroo

The kangaroo mother care (KMC) requires very little investment. While the hospitals and centres have invested in Lycra bands to hold the baby and a recliner for the mother,...

Years Of Living Dangerously: Merchants Of Doubt hiding An Inconvenient Truth

Next December, 196 nations will meet in Paris to agree a course of action to respond to climate change. They will do so under the auspices of the UN framework convention on...

Social Norms Biggest Challenge in Child Rights: UNICEF

Prevailing social norms such as early marriage and child labour are the biggest challenge in implementing child rights in the country, a UNICEF official said. “The ma...

FIFA Brings Top Players Together To Fight Ebola

Top international football players are joining forces with world football’s governing body FIFA, the Confederation of African Football and health experts to raise glo...

Ben Affleck Honored For Charity Work

Hollywood actor Ben Affleck has been honored for his charity work with a special prize from Save the Children.

The Argo star was among the guests o...

The one dollar contraceptive set to make family planning easier

An agreement has been signed which will make contraceptive injections available to women in 69 of the world’s poorest countries.

It is an inj...

Climate Change Will Be Hazardous to Your Health

The dangers of a warming climate are frequently presented through an economic or an existential lens, either as a financial gamble whose costs may ultimately outweigh the s...

Grand Challenges India organises workshop on maternal and child health in Mumbai

Globally, over 6 million children under the age of five die each year, and approximately 165 million (26%) of the world’s children have stunted growth jeopardizing su...

Rita Ora added to charity single line-up

Other artists included in rerecording the Band Aid single are Chris Martin, Sinead O’Connor and Emeli Sande Pop singers and musicians, including One Direction, Bono a...