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BPA in pregnant women might affect kids` behaviour

Exposure to BPA before birth could affect girls` behavior at age 3, according to the latest study on potential health effects of the widespread chemical. Preschool-aged girls whose mothers had relatively high urine levels of bisphenol- [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Joining Up for Women's and Children's Health

Today at a high level meeting, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, will review progress made since the launch a year ago of the Global Strategy on Women's and Children's Health. For Clara Muchimba, the midwife at [...]

Posted On : Sep, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

UN accused of risking women and children's health

If World Aids Day on December 1st felt like a bit of a love-in over achievements to date against the disease, a Canada-based organisation has brought us earthwards with a bump. Aids-Free World, founded by the redoubtable Stephen Lewis an [...]

Posted On : Dec, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Women sought to participate in long-term children's health s...

Our environment and our genetics are the focus of a new national study involving children. The National Institutes of Health is funding the National Children's Study which is expected to be the longest long term study of childhood de [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Women, children's health forgotten in development: India

The world as a whole made substantial gains in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) but progress is uneven and short of expectations, most notably in the fields of gender empowerment and children's health, Indian Foreign [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

UN chief to launch new strategy for women's, children's heal...

During the upcoming UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon will announce a new plan for improving the health of women and children in developing countries, he told reporters here Monday. [...]