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Child marriages in India on the decline
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 07 (ANI): Child marriage rates in India have had a significant reduction due to continued efforts being put in the country to abolish the practice, a report by UNICEF said.
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Pak riskiest, Japan safest country to be born in
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Pakistan is the riskiest country to be born in as it is home to the highest newborn mortality rates in the world, according to a UNICEF report released on Tuesday.
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WHO-approved vaccine carrier to prevent in-transit vaccine freezing commer
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI-NewsVoir): This week, the first commercially available freeze-free vaccine carrier will begin introductory field trials in Nepal. This follows the World Health Organisation (WHO) announcement that the Indian-made carrier using PATH's "Freeze-Safe" reference desi
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SRL Diagnostics records Rs. 1,000 crore in revenue
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Leading diagnostics chain, SRL Diagnostics (SRL) on Wednesday announced that the company had become the first Indian diagnostics company to surpass Rs. 1,000 crore in revenue in 2017.
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B’desh provides free diptheria vaccines to Rohingya children
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], December 12 (ANI): The Government of Bangladesh, in support of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) launched a vaccination campaign against diphtheria and other preve
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PeeCee receives Mother Teresa Memorial award for Social Justice
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Angelina Jolie, the Goodwill Ambassador for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), was among the first to take up the cause of fighting for the rights of refugees and displaced people. Global star Priyanka Chopra now takes the baton ahead as U
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World Children's Day: Tendulkar shares awwdorable throwback photo with Sar
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): On World's Children Day, legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar went down the memory lane and shared an adorable throwback picture along with his two children Sara and Arjun.
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Italy grants 4.3 million Euros to Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Nov.14 (ANI): Italy has granted 4.3 million Euros to Afghanistan to eradicate polio and improve the nutritional status of children under the age of five.
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Orlando Bloom opens up about child abuse in Hollywood
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Los Angeles [U.S.A], November 6 (ANI): Abuse in Hollywood has become a topic of conversation nowadays.
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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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2017 Respicon witnesses awareness on Paediatric respiratory disorders
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 31 (ANI): RESPICON 2017, the 29th Annual Conference of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) National Respiratory Chapter in association with the 3rd APPS (Asian Pediatric Pulmonology Society) was conducted in Bengaluru. Gleneagles Global Hospitals, w
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UNICEF says Rohingya kids in Bangladesh in dire state
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct. 20 (ANI): Nearly 340,000 Rohingya children are reportedly living in squalid conditions in refugee camps in Bangladesh, where they don't get enough food, clean water or healthcare.
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