A UK children’s charity says applications to local authority ‘crisis funds’ for help with beds and bedding for children have more than quadrupled in five years.Read more
A report that explores ‘guiding principles’ for developmentally-appropriate online mental health content for young people has been published by the World Health Organization (WHO).
It follows an important meeting in October when WHO and the British...Read more
Almost a billion dollars is being made available by the US government to provide 5,000 electric buses for school districts across the country.Read more
Poor air quality remains one of the greatest threats to the health and wellbeing of children and young people. We hear from Urban Shift, a UN-led programme, about how cities in Latin America are taking...Read more
Urgent action is needed to control e-cigarettes to protect children, who are being ‘trapped’ at an early age by manufacturers using social media to market thousands of flavours, says the World Health Organization (WHO).Read more
Each year around the globe, 45 million children under the age of five experience wasting, which is very low body weight relative to height as a result of muscle and fat loss.Read more
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“The European Union has made substantial progress in improving air quality by adopting and implementing policies and measures since the 1980s.
“Yet, air pollution continues to pose the greatest environmental risk to people’s health in Europe....Read more
An alarming three quarters of high streets across the United Kingdom may be exceeding the levels of air pollution recommended by the World Health Organization, says a new study.Read more
The agreements reached at the end of COP28 – namely on the reduction of fossil fuels – provides ‘some glimmers of hope’ for climate justice for children.Read more
Our health and well-being are significantly impacted by our local environment, and we are exposed to many different sources of environmental risks (e.g. various forms of pollution) in our daily lives.
Measures such as reducing air...Read more
As world leaders prepare to debate the future of the planet at COP28, children and young people have already made clear their priority needs – better education and a say in policies affecting their lives.Read more
A concentration of greenhouse gases, rising sea levels, and warming, acidifying oceans – these represent a clear threat to children’s health, and even their right to life. The UN World Meteorological Organisation warned recently of...Read more
“Sarah Zeeshan said her one-and-half-year-old daughter has found it difficult to eat and drink as the smog has led to blisters forming all around her mouth.”Read more