100,000 Iraqi civilians killed: Study

About 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died since the US-led invasion, according to a study by Iraqi and US public health experts.The study, carried out in 33 neighbourhoods of Iraq and published on......

Child mortality rate in India is declining

As per World Health Organisation data, visualised above, the biggest causes of mortality in children between the ages of 0 to 4 years are prematurity, acute lower respiratory infection (including......

49 children died during clinical trials in AIIMS

As many as 49 children have died during clinical trials of new medicines in the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi during the last two-and-a-half years. A total of 4,142......

Many Indian children under 5 are stunted: study

Nearly half of the children under five years of age in India have stunted growth mainly because of zinc, iron and vitamin A deficiency, according to a new study. Anaemia affects 79 per cent of......