Children should have the freedom to play freely and explore their world by themselves, otherwise they may suffer from various mental disorders. Photo: File Florida: Depression and mental disorders are currently at their highest levels among school children and adolescents in the United States. According to scientists, it is now important not to impose unnecessary…
The bodies of a woman and two children have been found in a house on Mayfield Road in London. The woman is 47 years old and the children are 7 and 9 years old. According to the media report, the family of the deceased has been informed, the post-mortem will be done at the appropriate…
“Families forced from their homes by the earthquakes have spent the past four weeks focused on survival, their lives on hold while aftershocks continue to rumble,” said UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Afshan Khan. She said it is now critical “to do all we can to help families begin…
File photo The deaths of dozens of children in Gambia have been linked to allegedly poisoned cough syrup manufactured in India. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States and the Gambian health authorities have conducted a joint investigation. In October, the World Health Organization issued an alert that 4 cough…
American and Ghanaian experts have created a smartphone app that can detect anemia in children from images of eyes and lips. Photo: File Ghana: American universities have developed an app to assess anemia in children in a simple and easy way, which has been tested in the African country of Ghana, and it has produced…
Photo courtesy of Google A mother who killed her 5 children by slitting their throats in Belgium chose death for herself 16 years later. According to foreign media, on February 28, 2007, a 57-year-old woman killed one of her sons and four daughters by cutting their throats with a knife in the kitchen. According to…
Afshan Khan, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, briefed journalists in Geneva on her recent visit to the region, where she saw first-hand some of the destruction. “Children in Türkiye are at risk of developing anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder; they need to be able to resume their education, and they urgently…
Canadian experts have developed a QT robot to teach children with autism. Photo: University of Waterloo Victoria, Canada: In children with autism and other types of disorders, motivation and learning are severely affected. Now a modern humanitarian robot ‘QT’ has been created for these children. University of Waterloo’s Dr. Christine Dottenhan and her colleagues have…
Alima from Burkina Faso wants to be a police officer, Awa from Mali dreams of being a nurse, and 11-year-old María Gabriela from Ecuador hopes to go to veterinary school. Although their names are not real – to protect them – their dreams are. Right now, 222 million young dreamers like Alima, Awa and María…
Lending his support to a call for more funding for education in emergencies spearheaded by the UN global fund Education Cannot Wait (ECW) the UN chief insisted in a video message that no-one should be denied their chance to learn. A full 222 million children today experience blighted education today, Mr. Guterres noted. To help them, 18…
