The Caribbean island nation continues to endure extreme insecurity, with widespread and incessant violence as rival gangs fight each other and the police for control of the capital, Port-au-Prince. The violence, which includes kidnapping for ransom, is playing out against a backdrop of political and economic crises as well as poverty and underdevelopment. Chantale Valcourt…
—File photo The anti-polio campaign has started across the country, during which more than 24 million children will be given anti-polio shots. Coordinator National Health Services Dr. Malik Mukhtar Ahmed has appealed to the citizens to make their children below 5 years of age mandatory to get polio vaccine. Coordinator National Emergency Operations Center Dr….
Photo file 5 children died in 2 days in Chandru Mayo village of Tandwalayar, three siblings are also among the deceased. Medical Superintendent (MS) Civil Hospital says that the condition of 3 children is critical in Civil Hospital, Goth Chandra has started vaccination of children against measles in Mayo. On reaching the village Gothchandro Meo,…
Attacks that occurred between January and March left 25 children dead, including a two-month-old, said the agency. During the first three weeks of April, nine children lost their lives during attacks. UNICEF‘s Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Regina De Dominicis, said during a visit to the war-torn country that children and families are…
UNICEF warned that as urban warfare increases, the use of weapons designed for open battlefields are now a common reality in cities, towns and villages, with devastating effects on their young residents. Between 2018 and 2022, explosive weapons were responsible for 49.8 per cent of the more than 47,500 instances of children killed and maimed…
There are many foods in the shops and stores that look healthy but should be kept away from children. Half-cooked or fruit juices or flavored milk and yogurt are considered good and healthy for children but in reality they can be the most dangerous for children. According to experts, these products and their packaging look…
Oxford: Children addicted to smartphones, iPads and video games are more likely to suffer from psychosis later in life, a study has found. Psychosis is a mental condition in which a person’s connection with reality is broken and it is difficult to recognize reality. In the study, scientists found that smartphone and social media use…
File photo. In Pakistan, about seven thousand children die every day due to various diseases, out of which about 150 children lose their lives due to various birth defects. Congenital defects or birth defects of children can be corrected by operation or surgery soon after birth but unfortunately there are less than 200 pediatric surgeons…
Students in the capital Port-au-Prince have missed hundreds of hours of class time over the past year and now, now, more than one million Haitians are facing emergency levels of acute food insecurity, according to a new UN-backed report. As deadly threats to school security continue in Port-au-Prince, and northern parts of the Artibonite department, UN…
20% of children die due to lack of timely treatment and 80% of children remain healthy with treatment, Professor Sohail Bangash. Photo: File Every year more than 70 thousand children are born suffering from heart diseases in Pakistan, while the biggest heart disease in children is having a hole in their heart. All over Sindh,…
