Mobilizing against child malnutrition

A child born at the start of 2020 was less likely to become malnourished than a child born at the turn of the Millennium.

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The Budget Allocation for Health in India

The public health sector in India depends on the yearly budget enforced by the Government. The growing anticipation of the 2019 budget forces u...

Domestic violence, abuse and neglect reduce children’s growth and development

From birth to age five, a child’s brain develops more than at any other time in life. And early brain development has a lasting impact on...

Toxic Air both Indoor and Outdoor kills 600,000 Children Each Year

The World Health Organization has revealed that the exposure to toxic air, indoor as well as outdoor, kills over some 600,000 children under th...

Children with Stunted Growth endure Adverse Outcomes later in Life

According to a paper published by the World Bank, India has the third-highest proportion of workers stunted in ...

Indian Households with Mobile Phone exceeds Households with Toilets

According to an article in LiveMint, data has been re...

Famished India behind Myanmar and Bangladesh on the Global Hunger Index

With one of the highest rates of child malnutrition in the world, India has won notoriety as one of the nutritional basket cases of the world over the past few years. Globa...

Investing in our Future

India has the world's biggest youth population, and is pinned to become home to the largest working-age population within the next two decades. A population of 1.2 billion ...

The Cost of Child Marriage

Child marriages are defined by global organizations as a formal marriage or an informal union entered upon by an individual before the age of 18, although cohabitation of t...