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DRIVER: 65% of children entering primary schools today will ultimately work in new job types and functions that currently don't exist. And, the pressure to perform and be tech savvy will only increase inexorably. Discover how your children's early lives will change and how you can help them live fruitful and happy lives into adulthood.

  • In some communities across Indonesia, air pollution poses a threat to the health of residents, particularly children. SEADS
  • Last week, New York City declared social media a health hazard for its effect on children. The Register
  • Going forward, all children in Malawi will receive TCV at nine months of age as part of the routine immunization schedule. ScienceDaily
  • The provision of safe water has the potential to reduce infant mortality by nearly 30%, potentially preventing 25% of deaths among children under the age of five in India (equivalent to 1, 36,000 child deaths annually). Legacy IAS Academy
  • The earliest factory legislation in Britain set limits to the working day of children, initially pauper apprentices whose 'health and morals', were put at risk by long hours working in some of the earliest mills, then still powered by water. OUP Academic
  • About 1,000 children in Gaza have lost one or both of their legs, many having them amputated without anaesthetic, and will require a lifetime of medical care. ReliefWeb
  • 63 countries are off track to meet the target for newborn mortality by 2030 and 54 countries are off track to meet the under-5 mortality target by 2030. World Health Organization: WHO
  • With only six years left to reach the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, progress remains off-track in reducing maternal mortality (SDG 3.1) and child mortality (SDG 3.2). World Health Organization: WHO
  • As the humanitarian situation in Gaza becomes more dire, pregnant mothers are worried about what life will be like for their babies delivered during a war. CNN
  • Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK as part of ambitious government plans to tackle the rise in youth vaping and protect children's health. GOV.UK
  • By 2029, retirees will outnumber children under the age of eighteen, resulting in more deaths than births in the coming years. Yahoo Finance
  • Nearly 20,000 babies have been born into the current war in Gaza, while 135,000 children in the Gaza Strip under age 2 are at severe risk of malnutrition. AhlulBayt News Agency
  • Malaria is a public health hazard globally, with Sub-Saharan Africa accounting for more than 90% of malaria deaths, primarily affecting children under the age of five. BioMed Central
  • The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has warned of the escalating risk of Israeli starvation policies on the population of the Gaza Strip, particularly among children and the elderly. The Palestinian Information Center
  • Italy will provide hospital treatment for 100 Palestinian children from Gaza after transporting them by plane and ship in an operation to be launched in the next few days. The Irish Times
  • Many infants and young children in the UK exceed national guidelines for energy and free sugar, increasing their risks of excess weight gain. Nature
  • Children in recent migrant families have been found to be at higher risk of poverty compared with children from UK-born or long-term resident families. Office for National Statistics
  • South-east Queensland temperatures are expected to climb to the high 30s to low 40s in the coming days, and residents have been asked to look after vulnerable people including elderly people, young children, and pregnant women. The Guardian
  • Equal Access to Quality Pre-primary Education, governments throughout the world are working to ensure that all children have access to high-quality early childhood development, care, and pre-primary education by 2030. PubMed Central (PMC)
  • Pakistan on Wednesday warned Iran of serious consequences after Tehran launched unprecedented missile and drone attacks on terrorist bases of a Sunni militant group in the restive Balochistan province, which killed two children and injured three others. Daily Pioneer
  • India is likely to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Target 1.2, which calls for reducing at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions much ahead of 2030. The Indian Express
  • Children who are at risk of death due to malnutrition and diseases, are in desperate need of medical treatment, clean water, and sanitation services. The Palestinian Information Center

Last updated: 08 February 2024



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