Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: E. Lakshmi Narayanan In a first, the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has decided to do away with NGOs collaborating to run the successful Childline emergency counselling and distress helpline for children, established in 1995. According to Ministry officials, the merger is a part … Read more
Very low birth weight and premature birth were also some reasons for their deaths. File image for representation. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak A total of 79 children have died between April to December, 2022, in Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAs) majorly due to unsafe abandonments which exposed them to harm like being bitten by animals or … Read more
A health card for every SAM / MAM child should be prepared providing health and nutritional status of such a child. Ms. Meeta Mathur, Dr. R.C.Panda, and Mr. N.M Prusty Since 2018, every year India celebrates the month of September as POSHAN Maah. It helps raise conversation, consciousness and visibility on food and nutrition. It’s … Read more
New Delhi: The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) has requested the foreign ministry to have dedicated nodal officers in Indian embassies for monitoring adoption process of Indian children to ensure their wellbeing. Minister Smriti Irani is believed to have reached out to her colleague S Jaishankar on the request. At present, the Central … Read more
NITI Aayog said that the dashboard will help the government provide data in order to identify a cluster of malnutrition cases that needs to be tackled at the local level with the use of data science. Fighting Malnutrition: Under Swasth Bharat Prerak Programme, a malnutrition hotspot dashboard has been developed in Balrampur, according to NITI … Read more