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 9 of 28.
Poverty, Inequality and Child Rights
Veiled and dark-skinned people should have vitamin D levels checked
Dark-skinned and veiled infants, children and adults should be screened annually for vitamin D deficiency, and vitamin D supplementation should be provided to those at-risk in this population, a fi...
Increases Child Safety with New Regulations for Corded Window Coverings
The Canadian government has announced new safety regulations for corded window coverings that will make these products safer for young children. The regulations came into effect following yesterday...
Air pollution health warning
Particle pollution is mainly caused by motor vehicles, wood burning heaters and industry. It can reach extremely high concentrations during bushfires and dust storms. Adam Capon, Senior Policy Anal...
Whooping cough risk for newborns
Nursing profession focuses on health and wellbeing
As part of Southern Cross University’s (Australia) focus on health and wellbeing a new Academic Health Centre is being built at the Lismore campus. It will provide a venue for a range of clinical s...
