Topic: #childhealth

Children face three times more air pollution during school drop-off

Air quality experts are calling for restrictions on car use during school runs after a report found that children face a threefold increase in air pollution. (more…)Read more

29-04-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Schools could teach children how to be happy – but instead foster competition

Diagnoses of mental disorders and drug prescriptions among school-age children have skyrocketed over the last two decades. The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that 20 per cent of children experience mental disorders – such as...Read more

09-09-2019|Comment|author: Angel Urbina-Garcia

Chlorinated public water taps in Bangladesh cut child diarrhoea

A novel water treatment device that automatically chlorinates public water taps has helped significantly cut child diarrhoea rates in two urban districts of Bangladesh. With access to clean water still a huge problem in deprived neighbourhoods...Read more

23-08-2019|Comment|author: Simon Weedy