Gastroschisis, a birth defect where the baby is born with their intestines protruding through a hole by the umbilicus has the greatest difference in mortality with 90% of babies dying in low-income countries compared with 1% in high-income countries. In high-income countries, most of these babies will be able to live a full life without disability. This is based on …
A test developed by experts in Birmingham has offered evidence confirming COVID-19 to be the cause of a newly emerged multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children, who have tested negative for the virus by the PCR test. This raises the possibility that children who may have had the virus in their system, even if they haven’t been unwell, could be at …
During a Webinar hosted today, Dr. V. Mohan, Chairman & Chief of Diabetology, Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre and President, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation spoke about managing diabetes during these COVID-19 times and the lockdown period. During his address, Dr. Mohan stressed on the following aspects of diabetes care vis-à-vis COVID-19… There needs to be preparedness in case one falls ill. …
Following the guidelines by the Government of India, ChildFund India, which is now part of the Joining Forces For Children – India alliance of NGOS (ChildFund India, Plan India, Save the Children India, SOS Children’s Villages of India, Terre des hommes and World Vision India) working for children, has launched its response to fight the COVID-19 crisis on national level, …
The Right to Education Forum (RTE Forum) through a memorandum to the Prime Minister, has appealed to the Government to take a dozen of necessary steps to ensure the rights of children during this crisis period. Coinciding with the completion of 10 years of landmark Right to Education Act, the forum said that Government must guarantee food and nutrition to millions …
Dental teams could play an integral role in identifying people at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes as well as in the early detection of the condition in those who are undiagnosed, new research suggests. The systematic review, led by researchers in the University of Birmingham, found that using risk assessment tools such as patient questionnaires and point of …
