In the noisy teenage years, practising gratitude through journalling can help adolescents foster emotional resilience, improve self-esteem, and navigate life’s challenges with greater perspective, offering a simple yet powerful tool for positive growth. The teenage years can be a noisy…
Milton families now have a wide range of martial arts classes to choose from, with programmes that emphasise confidence, discipline, and personal growth for children and teens across traditional and modern disciplines. Families in Milton looking for children’s martial arts…
The United States has reinstated $600 million in funding for Gavi, reversing earlier withholding decisions, with conditions to phase out mercury-based thimerosal in vaccines and navigate ongoing legal and diplomatic challenges surrounding vaccine policies. The United States has restored $600…
Building healthy eating patterns in children hinges on creating a positive, predictable, and enjoyable home food environment, rather than imposing strict rules, experts say. Helping children build healthy eating habits is less about strict rules than about creating a home…
Research underscores the importance of everyday moments such as talking, reading, and physical contact in fostering a child’s neural growth during the critical early years, emphasising that simple, consistent interactions have long-lasting developmental benefits. The early years of a child’s…
A new model of community-based immunisation in a vacant shop in Keighley demonstrates how bringing services closer to families can reverse declining childhood vaccination rates amid concerns over disease outbreaks in England. Twenty-week-old Grayson might easily have joined the large…
Sindh and the World Bank have collaboratively developed a comprehensive, multi-sectoral strategy aimed at tackling child stunting across the province, integrating health, water, sanitation, social protection, and agriculture programmes under a unified oversight system to ensure effective implementation and measurable…
UNICEF Mexico warns that only one in three newborns are exclusively breastfed in the first six months, citing myths, inconsistent support, and commercial influences as key barriers to optimal infant nutrition. UNICEF Mexico has warned that breastfeeding remains far below…
Hyderabad’s health authorities prepare for an extensive polio booster drive, utilising modern needle-free injections and strengthened community outreach to protect children aged four months to 10 years amid regional eradication efforts. Hyderabad’s district health authorities have stepped up preparations for…
Hyderabad district plans a focused fractional inactivated polio vaccine booster drive from August 20 to 30, targeting high-risk areas identified through sewage testing and aiming to protect over 250,000 children amid ongoing environmental poliovirus detection. Hyderabad’s district administration has lined…
