Health

Toronto to play host to maternal, child health summit in May

Canada will host an international summit on maternal, newborn and child health in Toronto at the end of May, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday. Harper said the summ...

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India’s child mortality rate may worsen despite govt efforts

India’s child mortality rate may worsen despite the government’s efforts to lower it because of a dearth of funding, according to the India Philanthropy Report 201...

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Correlations between Incubation and Babywearing Inspires Award Winning Babywearing Product Manufacturer Lucky Baby to Introduce their Latest Baby Carrier

Acclaimed baby-wearing product manufacturer Lucky Baby is expected to introduce ‘Side Plus – All Mesh’ in the USA. This innovation from the award winning com...

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Why women die

Pakistan, and the rest of the world, is observing International Women’s Day today – March 8. Concerned NGOs and members of civil society will raise women’s i...

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On a mission to battle polio

Polio-stricken Arvind Kumar Mishra has been travelling across States in his wheelchair to spread polio awareness The progress is slow. The rickety wheelchair has a mind of it...

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Polio Continues To Be A Major Threat For Millions Of Children

While great strides have been taken in ridding the world of polio there are four countries where the disease continues to endanger the lives of children. The countries where t...

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Researchers find 69% rise in pertussis vaccination rate among new mothers

Changing the hospital orders for women who have just delivered a child led to a 69% increase in the new mothers’ pertussis vaccination rate, providing protection for the...

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UNICEF begins polio vaccination campaign in Middle East

UNICEF announced on Monday that the organization and its partners began the largest-ever coordinated polio vaccination campaign in the Middle East following the return of the ...

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Proof that ignorance rooted in anti-vaccine movement

Several scientific studies prove that vaccinations do not cause autism but when presented with such evidence, many anti-vaccination parents still ignore facts in favor of fall...

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Vintage Women, Mentor

March 8 every year is a special calendar entry for so many women. A few years back, I overheard a group of suburban housewives weighing the pros and cons of special buffet lun...

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GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGING THE SACRED AND THE ARTISTIC

A spiritual and artistic celebration that brings the divine essence of Varanasi’s ...

November 22 2024

POWERFUL PEOPLE: USHA UTHUP - THE QUEEN OF POP

Celebrating Usha Uthup’s five-decade journey as a musical trailblazer, cultural am...

November 21 2024