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The U.N. children's agency says last year children experienced the highest number of “grave violations” in conflicts verified by the group

Concerns over side-effects, distrust in government and a belief in conspiracy theories all increased chances of people refusing vaccinations, say scientists

The COVID pandemic has disrupted many areas of routine healthcare including, importantly, childhood vaccination.

A programme to train master trainers on safety and dignity of sanitary workers was organised for staff from North Telangana districts

Over four days, 11-year-old Atichat Butchan embarked on a transformative journey. Hailing from Sakon Nakhon, Atichat boarded a plane and travelled to Bangkok alone for the first time.

Since 2010, our five-year-olds have been showing signs of reduced growth, a likely symptom of policies that have led to impoverished lives

Aid workers, medics and experts say army and RSF both steal aid, restrict access and impose rent-seeking impediments.

Thousands without power as the severe cyclone makes landfall and heavy rains lash both the Indian and Pakistani coasts.

Cyclone Biporjoy is churning through coastal India toward Pakistan with lashing rain and gusts of up to 105 kph (65 mph)

Cyclone Biparjoy knocked out power and threw shipping containers into the sea in western India on Friday before aiming its lashing winds and rain at part of Pakistan that suffered devastating floods last year.

The concentrated global effort to use vaccination as a public health intervention began in 1974. Since then, vaccination has changed our lives. Worldwide, in the decades 2000-2020, childhood vaccination led to the reduction of deaths in children under 5 by 50% to 5.4 million deaths per year. Vaccination currently averts…