Child health and nutrition status shows some improvements, a long way to go still to achieve targets

Dec 02, 2021, at 10:46 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: While it is heartening to see some improvements in some of the child health and nutrition indicators in India, as revealed by the recent National Family Health Survey findings (NFHS-5), a closer look at the numbers suggests that it’s still a long way to go in reaching the Poshan Abhiyan targets and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) within the stipulated time of 2022 and 2030 respectively.

Stakeholders focus on child-centric plans to meet challenges of the imminent pandemic third wave

Sep 21, 2021, at 01:09 am

Kolkata/IBNS: According to health experts, the impending third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to be a bigger threat to children.

Child healthcare and education suffered most during lockdown, study finds

May 12, 2020, at 04:32 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: During the nationwide lockdown imposed as it was necessary to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 50 per cent of the parents with children below five years of age in the households were not been able to access immunisation services, as revealed by a rapid online survey conducted by CRY – Child Rights and You.