Tag: Child
National consultation on reducing malnutrition & childhood illnesses
The consultation was an opportunity to share and disseminate best practices for reducing undernutrition, maximizing the impact and reaching the most vulnerable through proven community mobilization strategies and scale up models...…………….
September to be celebrated as ‘National Nutrition Month’ every year
The second meeting of National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges under POSHAN Abhiyaan was held on 24th July, 2018 at New Delhi where Ministry of WCD presented the action taken report on the recommendations of the last meeting of the council.....
Govt’s Poshan Abhiyan: Improving nutrition outcomes
Ministry of Women and Child Development to organise TECH-THON: Seminar on Technology Partnership for POSHAN Abhiyaan on 28th June 2018....................
71st World Health Assembly witnesses launch of nurturing care framework for...
Following the launch on the margins of the World Health Assembly, countries will take the lead in working towards national milestones to 2023, supported by UNICEF, the World Bank and WHO, alongside partners from all sectors..................
Girls need to be made self aware about their health: PFI
The Population Foundation of India (PFI) in its statement on the eve of United Nations’ International Day of the Girl Child on October 11, called on stakeholders to empower girl child through health awareness............
Nutrition Week: Focus on optimal infant & young child feeding practices
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is observing National Nutrition Week from 1st September to 7th September 2017......
Public sector serving poor women for comprehensive abortion care: IDF study
An in-depth study undertaken by Ipas Development Foundation (IDF) recently explored the socio-economic profile of women accessing CAC services at different levels of public health facilities in rural and urban Madhya Pradesh.......
Health ministry launches intensified diarrhoea control fortnight
During the fortnight, intensified community awareness campaigns on hygiene and promotion of ORS and Zinc therapy will be conducted at state, district and village levels.........
Lok Sabha passes Maternity benefit (amendment) bill, 2016
The maternity benefit for working women has been increased from 12 weeks to 26 weeks, thereby providing much better and improved maternal and infant health indicators in the future......
Women’s Day Special: “Economic empowerment critical to overall well-being of women”
Empower women in the workplace, advance health and development across South-East Asia, writes Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia......