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Children in West and Central Africa moving in greater numbers than ever before, finds UN report
With more than seven million children in West and Central Africa uprooted from their homes each year due to violence, poverty and climate change, and projections that this number... More
Spain's eviction violated family's human rights, say UN experts
By evicting a family with young children from a rented room – without providing alternative housing – Spain violated the right to housing, according to a group of United Nations... More
Sick baby prompts concern over placenta pills
The growing phenomenon of mothers eating their own placentas seems to have caused a baby to be infected with group B streptococcus, according to a new report detailing the case that... More
Nasty parental divorce may leave a mark on adult immune system
Children whose parents separate and are not on speaking terms may be more vulnerable to catching colds as adults than kids whose parents stay together or go through an amicable... More
Child marriage will cost the world $4tn by 2030, researchers warn
Ending child marriage could add more than $4tn to the global economy, curb population growth and transform the lives of millions of young women worldwide, claim researchers. More
Parent fights for their child's right to remain genderless
A Canadian parent is fighting for the right to not give their baby a gender after arguing that a simple biological examination cannot uncover the child’s true identity. More
Ministers 'in the dark' over scale of child vulnerability - UK
Ministers do not know how many hundreds of thousands of children in England are living risky or vulnerable lives, says children's commissioner Anne Longfield. England's children's... More
1,000s of children rescued from slavery in England – report
Thousands of children in England have been rescued after being exploited for slave labor, suffering sexual or domestic abuse, a damning new report has found. More
Terminally-ill baby must be taken off life support, European court rules
A terminally-ill baby at the center of an international legal challenge will be taken off life support after the European Court of Human Rights ruled it would not intervene in the... More
Women, kids returning from war zones: EU
Women and children involved with groups like Daesh (ISIS) are increasingly returning to their home countries in Europe, with some posing a terror risk, a senior EU official said... More
Proper tools may help prevent medicine errors at home
Providing parents with picture-based instructions - and with dosing tools that closely match the amount of medication needed - may help reduce cases of medication overdoses in... More
More Venezuelan children dying from preventable diseases amid crisis
Twelve-year-old Samuel Becerra went to Venezuela's main pediatric hospital for routine dialysis in March. Within two months, he was dead, along with three other youngsters who also... More
AIDS-aware, Indian sex workers ignore their children's health: study
Sex workers in India often give birth in their brothels then ignore the health needs of their growing children for fear of meeting prejudice in the medical system, new research... More
Progress reducing infant mortality uneven between whites and blacks
White and black children in the United States did not benefit equally from a recent reduction in infant mortality, according to new research. From 2005 to 2015, if black infants... More
