"Reports of child abuse have decreased significantly during the pandemic and we don't think that's because there are less concerns."

Researchers call the trend the "double burden of malnutrition" and found that it affected 45 countries in the 1990s, rising to 48 countries in the 2010s.

Children under five could see major health improvements if just a portion of the fish caught off their coasts was diverted to them.

The report said that “widespread undernutrition threatens an entire generation of children, with one in five children stunted due to chronic undernutrition.”

The resumption of the Saudi-led air strike campaign on Hodeidah could create ideal conditions for a catastrophic new cholera outbreak in Yemen, Save the Children has warned.

Parasites found in a North Korean defector suggest that there are problems with the country's diet.

Bryan Couture told court leading up to his daughter’s death, he was preparing to forcefully take Melissa from her mother’s home to see a doctor.

Patricia Couture, 70, is accused of criminal negligence causing death.

The maximum penalty for criminal negligence causing death is life in prison.

UNICEF is appealing for $3.3 billion this year to help millions of children worldwide.