Fair Play for Children News — Health Wellbeing and Education
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September 2022
Childcare use for families of 0–4 year-olds, 5–11 year olds and 12–14 year-olds, awareness and use of free entitlements, and perceptions of the rising cost of living
FDA staff endorse Moderna, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for young kids
Return to Office Is Being Threatened by a Child Care Crisis in Australia
Nosing in on kids who had COVID-19 and lost their sense of smell
https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/nosing-kids-who-had-covid-and-lost-their-sense-smell
Girl, 5, turned away from school because her adoptive parents are same-sex
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/same-sex-parents-girl-school-b2141745.html
Experts give reasons for high number of stunted children in Nigeria
https://www.sunnewsonline.com/experts-give-reasons-for-high-number-of-stunted-children-in-nigeria/
Audit finds variation in children’s allergy services across the UK
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/more-b2137126.html
August 2022
Ultra-processed foods make up almost two-thirds of Britain’s school meals
Why world’s first malaria shot won’t reach millions of children who need it
UK Childcare Enrollments Jump After Squeeze on Household Income
Children’s Dishes at Big UK Restaurant Chains ‘Unacceptably High’ in Salt, Group Warns
July 2022
New Tory education minister attacked free school meals as ‘nationalising children’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brendan-clarke-smith-free-school-meals-b2120677.html
Baby Formula Industry Successfully Lobbied to Weaken Bacteria Safety Testing Standards
‘Inconsistent and unfair’ DfE funding for pupils from Ukraine, council warns
Girls closing STEM gender gap but biases persist, UNESCO report finds
MPs investigate Government’s proposed changes to post-16 education
Boys Are at Greater Risk of Dropping Out of School, Unesco Warns
UNICEF and WHO warn of perfect storm of conditions for measles outbreaks, affecting children
(1012) Vaccines for every child in Ukraine I UNICEF — YouTube
Drop in Vaccines Exposes Latin American Children to Disease, Report Shows
In Bucharest, A UNICEF-Supported School For Ukrainian Refugee Children
South Africa’s no-fee school system can’t undo inequality — Child in the City
More than one-third of Year 6 children in West Sussex are overweight or obese — V2 Radio