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Encephalitis : As death toll mounts, Surjewala attacks BJP-JDU coalition i
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Saturday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) coalition government in Bihar for failing to curb child deaths due to encephalitis in the state.
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Health Minister Pandey evades media questions on child deaths in Muzaffarp
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 22 (ANI): Health Minister Mangal Pandey on Saturday evaded questions from media about the havoc caused by acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in the state's Muzaffarpur district.
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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar evades question on child deaths again
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 21 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar continued his streak of not answering questions related to child deaths caused by acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Bihar on Friday.
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Bihar Dy CM dodges question on encephalitis, says stick to topic
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 19 (ANI): Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Sushil Modi appeared to be unfazed about child deaths due to encephalitis as he conveniently dodged a question on the issue on Wednesday stating that his press conference was only about banking committees.
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New study challenges Stepfathers' 'Cinderella effect'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Sep 24(ANI): Long-held assumptions that stepfathers are more likely to be responsible for child deaths than genetic parents - dubbed the 'Cinderella effect' have been challenged by researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
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Slow progress in efforts to prevent child deaths from pneumonia, diarrhea:
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 3 (ANI): In 2016, pneumonia and diarrhea were responsible for one of every four deaths in children under five years of age.
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Candor International School conferred prestigious 'Green Pentagon Awa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Candor International School conferred prestigious 'iCare Green Pentagon Award' to inspire sustainable pattern of development while eliminating environmental risk factors which contribute majorly to the global toll of more than ten million child death
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Brain cancer emerges as major cause for child deaths: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept. 17 (ANI): According to a recent research, brain cancer has taken over leukemia and has become the major cause of cancer deaths in children.
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600 child deaths in Maharashtra district due to malnutrition, 4000 others
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], Sept. 18 (ANI): Just 125 kms away from the vibrant city of Mumbai is Palghar district, a haven for tribals. But this safe house has now become a place of their grief as they see their children being taken away from them by malnutrition.
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WHO urges South-East Asian countries to accelerate efforts to end maternal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] , Sept. 6 (ANI): The World Health Organization today emphasized on need of enhancing and expanding quality life-saving interventions to all mothers, newborns and children across South-East Asia Region to end maternal, newborn and child deaths.
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