More than 2.5 million Australians, or one in seven (13.9 percent), are living below the internationally accepted poverty line, a report released on Monday revealed.
The Panamanian government will distribute 500,000 U.S.dollars in coupons to families in the country's poorest region to combat malnutrition, according to a government statement released Monday.
Women who take a common pain killer during pregnancy could be exposing their child to the risk of developing behavioral problems, according to a New Zealand study on Friday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon here on Thursday called for renewed commitment and action to sustain the unprecedented progress made in improving the health of women and children worldwide.
As the new school year kicks off across the world, nearly 300,000 children returned on Monday back to United Nations-run classrooms in Gaza and Syria, where the UN is supporting holistic and innovative solutions to ensure the emergency education needs of Palestine refugees are addressed in war-ravaged areas where many of their schools were damaged and destroyed.
A father was booked into a jail Thursday in the U.S. southern state of South Carolina after he was arrested on charges of murdering five children, ages one to eight, local authorities said.
The devastating 50-day conflict has forced the new academic year in the Gaza Strip to begin three weeks late, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Tuesday, underscoring the serious psychological trauma suffered by the Gazan children.
Parents lead teen children on alcohol path: Australian study
An average of three children are murdered per day in South Africa, doubling the global rate, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) revealed on Wednesday.
The death toll from a stabbing spree by a student's father has risen to four after a teacher died in hospital on Monday night in central China's Hubei Province.
Cambodia on Monday launched a five-year policy and action plan for early childhood care and development with an aim to increase enrollment and enhance protection for children aged less than six years old.
Half a million children in Britain have low well-being, according to a report released by a British charity on Thursday.
Physical activity not only has positive effects on children's physical health, but also boosts children's cognitive prerequisites of learning, suggested researchers from University of Jyvaskyla in a latest study.
"Equals", a film about rights of children in the Balkan region, was well received by audience on Sunday at the ongoing Sarajevo Film Festival.
A new Israeli war jets airstrike on western Gaza city killed on Wednesday four Palestinian children and wounded ten others while they were on the beach of Gaza, medics and witnesses said.
The number of Australian child abuse reports increased by 30 percent over a two year period, according to new figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) released on Friday.
All 11 people, including eight kindergarten children, died after a minivan fell into a pond Thursday in central China's Hunan Province, rescuers confirmed early on Friday.
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