Covid-19 Pandemic Impacted Health, Psychosocial Well-being of Children in India: UNICEF
The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the health and psychosocial well-being of the children in […]
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UNICEF launches diet plan to ensure health & wellness of children
UNICEF has launched a book, comprising diet plan for children in India to tackle problems of underweight and obesity which […]
Sikkim wages war against cervical cancer
Sikkim has become the first state in the entire nation to start a combat against cervical cancer. So far, the […]
IIMC launches free online course for health journalists
The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), along with the Thomson Reuters Foundation and the UNICEF, has introduced a free […]
Smart Eduction And Health For Anganwadi Children
Through Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), a curriculum of structured materials, quality education is being provided to the children […]
Mobile App to Track Sanitation
A mobile app will help the West Bengal government to monitor sanitation initiatives in Kolkata schools across districts. “In Malda […]
A Specialised Course for Routine Immunisation
In a bid to take the ‘Routine Immunisation’ to the grass root levels and to reach the unreached, a specialised […]
New World Bank Action Plan – to help developing world achieve MDG 5 targets by 2015
The World Bank has released a new five-year plan to help poor countries reduce their high fertility rates and prevent the widespread deaths of their mothers and children.
UNICEF and Special Olympics launch project for children with intellectual disabilities
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Special Olympics International on October 3, 2007 launched a partnership to advance the rights of children with intellectual disabilities to mark the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games to be held in Shanghai, focusing on health care, education, recreational sports and employment policies.
UNICEF opens first 227 mother-and-child health centres in Tsunami-hit Indonesia
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has completed construction of the first of the 227 mother-and-child health centres it is building in Indonesia’s tsunami-devastated Aceh province and earthquake-hit Nias Island.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $3 million to fight malaria in Africa
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in a UN backed campaign, will provide a grant of US$ 3 million to Africa for fighting against Malaria, because of which 1 million people die every year, particularly children under five years of age.
