An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to new ...

What you need to know: The screening process involves an appetite test and weight checks to determine a child’s condition. Every two weeks, Ms Miriam Amoit Lapyem, a Village Health Team (VHT) member ...

Premature birth, pneumonia and malaria among leading causes of death in under-fives worldwide, as UN experts warn aid cuts are slowing progress on survival rates ...

Despite huge progress in reducing child mortality since 2000, 4.9 million children died of preventable causes in 2024 ...

The World Health Organization also recommends using a z-score for diagnosing faltering weight, in addition to growth charts.

Produced by Sudan Tribune, this report is distributed through the Sudan Media Forum’s collaborative network of independent press groups.March 18, 2026 (PORT SUDAN/MADANI) – Amna Mohamed never imagined ...

AHMEDABAD: More than 2.57 lakh children in Gujarat are currently suffering from malnutrition, the state government informed the Legislative Assembly on Saturday ...

The United Nations has decried the slow progress in reducing child mortality, as 4.9 million children still die annually ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund has handed over nutrition commodities worth about N600 million to the Bauchi State Government to support the treatment and prevention of malnutrition among children.

More than 2 lakh children in 20 of Gujarat's 34 districts malnourished: Govt to assembly ...

South Sudan's army forced an estimated 100,000 people to flee across the border into Ethiopia after ordering the evacuation ...