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Thailand to overhaul surrogacy law for inclusivity, transparency

Thailands Public Health Ministry is revising its surrogacy laws to accommodate the newly enforced equal marriage law and to allow international couples access to surrogacy services. Dr. Panuwat Panket, Director-General of the Department of Health Service Support (DHSS), provided an update on the...

Israeli attacks kill 70 children in Gaza in just five days

The Palestinian civil defense service reported on Sunday that Israel has killed at least 70 children in Gaza in just the last five days. The agency did not provide details on the age of the victims, only saying that they died in attacks targeting several areas across the Palestinian enclave,...

Pope slams cruelty of strike killing Gaza children

Pope Francis on Saturday condemned the bombing of children in Gaza as cruelty, sparking a sharp response from Israel which accused him of double standards. The pontiff made his remarks a day after the rescue agency in Gaza said an Israeli air strike had killed seven children from one family....

Israeli airstrike kills 10 members of one family, including 7 children, in Gaza

An Israeli air strike killed 10 members of a family on Friday in the northern part of the territory, including seven children, noted by Gazas civil defence rescue agency. Violence in the Gaza Strip continues to shake the region more than 14 months into the Israel-Hamas conflict, while...

UNICEF official decries the ‘brutalisation’ of children in Gaza

UNICEF communications specialist Rosalia Bollen says its absolutely appalling that children continue to be killed every day in Gaza, reports Al Jazeera. While attacks are concentrated on the north, families are killed here in the centre and southern parts of Gaza as well, she told the media from...

96% of Gaza’s children feel their death is imminent: Study

The assessment conducted by rights groups in Gaza found that some 96 percent of children surveyed felt their death was imminent while 49 percent expressed a desire to die, reports Al Jazeera. It also found that 92 percent of children were not accepting of reality, 79 percent suffered from...

Ailing kids wait months to leave Gaza for treatment

The 12-year-old Palestinian boy was lying in a hospital bed in central Gaza, wracked with leukemia, malnourished and whimpering in pain despite the morphine doctors were giving him, when Rosalia Bollen, a UNICEF official, said she saw him in late October. Islam al-Rayahens family had asked...

Sisimpur sparks learning with 40 delightful nursery rhymes for children

USAIDs Sisimpur project, the adored Bangladeshi version of Sesame Street, has launched an exciting initiative to share nursery rhymes with children. The project has produced 40 well-known Bengali nursery rhymes, presented by the beloved characters Halum, Tuktuki, Ikri, and Shiku. This initiative...

Bodies of 2 missing children recovered from Cox’s Bazar sea beach

Bodies of two children who went missing from Teknaf sea beach in Coxs Bazar have been recovered, reports UNB. The body of Munzurul Islam, 12, was recovered from Tulatuli point and the body of Md Babul, 10 was found at Lambari point. Giasuddin, Officer-in-charge (OC) of Teknaf Model Station,...

130,000 children under 10 trapped in north Gaza

Save the Children shared the situation of children in north Gaza under the occupation of Israel, reports Al Jazeera. The organization noted that the children have been cut off from supplies of food, water and medicine since October 6, when Israeli forces launched a siege on northern Gaza. The...

US reports first bird-flu case in a child

A child in California has become the first person in the U.S. to test positive for bird flu, authorities reported on Nov 22. Health officials are providing checks and preventive treatment to those who were in contact with the child at the childs day-care centre. The child, from Alameda County in...

Australia introduces 'Landmark' bill to ban social media for children under 16

On Thursday, Australias centre-left government presented a new bill in parliament aimed at prohibiting social media use for children under the age of 16. The proposed legislation also includes provisions for hefty fines of up to A$49.5 million ($32 million) for social media platforms found to be in...

Afghan girl wins children’s peace prize

Nila Ibrahimi, a 17-year-old Afghan girl who is not allowed to speak in public in her own country won the International Childrens Peace Prize on Tuesday, reports CNN. The prestigious award has recognized luminaries including climate activist Greta Thunberg and girls education campaigner Malala...

Horrors of Gaza now playing out in Lebanon: UNICEF

The United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson James Elder has said that an impassioned plea for the war on children in Gaza and now Lebanon to stop, reports Al Jazeera. Reflecting on the horrors that he witnessed in Gaza, where so many children have been killed and maimed by Israeli...

10 children killed as fire breaks out at hospital in UP

At least ten children were killed in a fire that broke out at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh, India on Friday. The casualties may go up, said an official, reports NDTV. The fire, possibly due to a short circuit, broke out in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the Maharani Laxmibai Medical...

Robbers snatch child from Azimpur govt residence after looting house

A group of robbers on Friday morning looted cash and jewellery, and also kidnapped an 8-month old child from a medical staff quarter in Azimpur in the capital, highlighting the glaring security vacuum prevailing across the country. Police claimed Farzana Akter, an employee at the home ministry,...

Missing girl found dead in Jashore, neighbor detained

The body of a missing 7-year-old girl was recovered from a bamboo cluster in Jhikargacha upazila, Jashore district, on Wednesday, 13 hours after she was reported missing. The victim, Sadia Khatun, daughter of day laborer Bablur Rahman Babu from Matikomra village in Hajibagh union, was found with...

Study finds asthma relates to children's memory problem,

Research in the US has revealed that children with asthma may face memory issues, marking the first study to establish a link between the two. It also showed that the earlier a child develops asthma, the more it impacts their memory. The lead researcher emphasized the importance of recognizing...

Australia to ban social media for children under 16

Australias government has unveiled plans to introduce a landmark law banning children under the age of 16 from using social media. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that the legislation, which will be presented in Parliament next week, aims to address the growing concerns over the...

Study says digital tech boosts child development

Although it has been considered that under-threes should not have any screen time at all, research has found that digital tech can offer rich opportunities for young childrens development. A two-year study, Toddlers, Tech and Talk, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and led by...

2.5 lakh children affected by chronic kidney disease: Experts

Experts reported that over 2.5 lakh children in the country are diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), while close to 4.8 million other minors suffer from different kidney-related health issues on Sunday. The experts made the revelation at a two-day international conference on peritoneal...