Skin-To-Skin Contact With Baby In Neonatal Unit Decreases Maternal Stress Levels

WASHINGTON, DC – Research shows that stable parent-child bonds are fundamental to healthy child development. For parents of babies born prematurely or with special me...

MP Govt To Provide Free Meal To Pregnant Women

With an aim to reduce maternal and infant mortalities and ensure overall maternal health, the Madhya Pradesh (MP) government has decided to provide one free meal every day ...

Entrepreneurship Helps Delay Child Marriage In India, Empower Young Women

Impoverished girls in India who are at high risk of child marriage are gaining independence and generating income with the help of a Seattle-based non-profit. Landesa Rural...

Madhuri Dixit to be brand ambassador of `Beti Bachao Beti Padhao` campaign

Bollywood evergreen diva Madhuri Dixit has been roped in as the brand ambassador of ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign’ which will be launched on January 22 by P...

Cases of rising infant deaths in tribal hamlets worry officials

Efforts to counsel Lambada tribal women on the importance of protecting girl child notwithstanding, the Women and Child Welfare Department is worried over the increasing in...

Children’s Day special: Stark reality of child health in India

It is Children’s Day today. As the nation celebrates the day, there is a need to analyse the real state of affairs that the children in the country face.

In a...

‘Malnourishment declined sharply among children in India’

The proportion of underweight children in India might have declined from 45.1 per cent in 2005-6 to a historic low of 30.7 per cent last year, new provisional data from a s...

Child sex trade worth 343 billion dollars, says Kailash Satyarthi

Trafficking of young girls from countries like Nepal and Bangladesh into India for forcibly pushing them into prostitution shows no sign of abatement even as three million ...

India reduces hunger, moves up 8 ranks in global index

In a pat on the back for the erstwhile UPA Government’s flagship programmes, the Global Hunger Index 2014 (GHI) has noted a significant improvement in the levels of h...