Girl Child and movement for its rights in India
India, like many other countries in the world is a patriarchal society. This traditional system prefers a male child, who is believed to carry forward the family name. This deeply…
GOBI: When simple measures in childcare went global
Index Home UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund) launched GOBI initiative in the year 1982. This was a notable global health strategies aimed at reducing child mortality and improving child health.…
Development milestones from six months to one year of life
Index Home Our journey from sixth month onwards, is one of curiosity and mobility. Now babies can see near as well as far, and their tiny eyes are grasping the world…
Milestones from birth upto first six months of infant life
Index Home Many developments take place from birth, to first six months of life. In the first one month, newborn is a neonate. Subsequently, the period upto one year of life,…
Babywearing: A new name for an old tradition
Index Home Words have a history, and so has "babywearing". As per Webster's dictionary, we used this word for the first time in the year 1989. It is the practice of…
A doctor who was slaughtered with his 200 children
Index Home Each postage stamp is a window, not only to its glorious but also to its gory past. I came across one such 1978 postage stamp from Germany, on 100…
Global recognition of Child rights
Index Home Child rights are less than a 100 years old Children have rights, and today all countries recognise them. Firstly, all children have a right to education. All governments…
Mission immunisation and polio eradication
Home Index Today polio stands eliminated from all but two countries in the world. India was declared to have eliminated polio in the year 2014. Ten years later about 65 odd…
Two tools for child survival: ORS & Growth charts
Home Index Two ubiquitous child-survival tools, oral rehydration solutions (ORS) and growth charts, are less than 50 years old. Both of these tools are simple, intuitive, and logical. In the 1980s,…
Breast feeding: A preferred infant nutrition in postage stamps
Home Index Have you ever wondered about old baby-food advertisements. In these advertisements, we could see healthy-chubby infants and happy composed mothers. Once frequent on television and in print media, these…