Children and child welfare in the News
The articles listed below include news about children and child welfare issues from locations across the world. This is page 27 of 28.
UNICEF marks World Food Day with a focus on undernourished children
World Food Day brings attention to the plight of the world's hungry and undernourished and provides an opportunity for a deeper understanding of the complex solutions. The theme for 2006 is investi...
Thailand launches national Avian Influenza awareness, prevention campaign in schools
UNICEF - Japan contributes to the health of Sri Lanka's children
A step forward for the health of Sri Lanka’s children, thanks to US$2.3 million from the Japan Committee for UNICEF. The Japan Committee for UNICEF has contributed US$2.3 million to help boost chil...
500,000 Liberian children targeted in vitamin A and deworming campaign
The Government of Liberia and UNICEF have launched campaign to administer Vitamin A supplementation and deworming tablets to more than 500,000 children. 519,000 children aged six to 59 months shoul...
Ireland reports significant developments in mental health services
The Irish Minister of State for Health and Children, with special responsibility for mental health, has reported on a number of recent developments in mental health services. These include *Reach ...
University of Auckland researchers lead global breakthrough in asthma and allergies
UNICEF and partners begin immunisation campaign for children displaced by the Lebanon conflict
News of the current campaign to immunise tens of thousands of children displaced by the conflict in Lebanon: There are fears that the mass population displacement provoked by the 24-day old crisis ...
Call to prevent child poisonings - Griffith University, Australia
Poisonings prevention expert Professor Nerida Smith has called for more controls on the packaging of potentially dangerous medications in the wake of a South Australian inquest into the poisoning d...
Children living with unemployed adults more likely to die from injury or poisoning
UK Children of long-term unemployed parents are statistically more likely to die from an injury or poisoning incident, according to a shocking new study published in today's British Medical Journal.
Tánaiste Announces the full implementation of the Mental Health Act - Ireland
Ireland: The Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney TD, today announced that all remaining provisions of the Mental Health Act, 2001 will be brought into operation on 1 November...
Children's Mental Health Doesn't Take a Summer Break
Summer can be an exciting time for children. There are often many new experiences to enjoy. Many children in the USA go to 'summer camp' for the first time, families go on holidays together and the...
Poverty and deprivation – causes of mental health problems in Scottish children
Children from poorer backgrounds in the UK, children in care, asylum-seeker children and those who have witnessed domestic violence, are all at a higher risk of developing mental health problems, a...
Lazy eye patches can expose children to the playground bully - Bristol University
Researchers in the UK have discovered that children who have to wear an eye patch to treat amblyopia, a condition also known as lazy eye, are more likely to be bullied by other children as they go ...
Children of Depressed Parents at Higher-Risk of Mental Disorders
The results from a 20-year study indicate that the children of depressed parents are at higher risk for psychiatric and medical problems when those children become adults, e.g. in their 30s.
