Families with no daycare places for kids resorting to remote work
Some families are resorting to remote working to be able to stay with children at home due to the lack of places in daycare centres, according to the president of
Over 30,000 foreign children register for Portugal’s pre- and primary schools
Foreign children make up 16% of matriculations for new school year After years in which authorities lamented falling birthrates, the situation appears to be changing, thanks to Portugal’s increasing number
Child, 4, falls to death from fourth floor window
A four-year-old child fell to his death from a fourth floor window in an apartment block in Gondomar yesterday. According to reports, he had been sleeping, as had his father
Primary school children in Portugal: fat shock
The percentage of children in Portugal aged 6 to 8 years who are overweight or obese increased to 31.9% and 13.5%, respectively, reversing the trend recorded in recent years, according
Citizens cards for babies – free for first year… slowly
Babies up to the age of one are to be given “free access” to Portuguese identity cards (cartão de cidadão). The government made the announcement yesterday (to mark International Day
Teenage girl becomes first child in Portugal to receive ‘innovative new therapy for leukemia
A 13-year-old girl has become the first child in Portugal to receive ‘innovative new immunotherapy’ for leukemia. The treatment, costing a reported €350,000, involves modifying cells and reintroducing them to
Health centres “forced to delay vaccines for children”
Doctors and nurses have begun complaining about the delays in receiving children’s vaccines required under the national vaccination programme: those against diphtheria, whooping cough, polio, tetanus etc. The reality, explains
Parents of baby boy who died in Portimão hospital claim ‘unforgivable injustice’
“We are determined to uncover the truth” The British parents of the baby boy who died recently in Portimão Hospital after hours of delay in transferring him to specialised care
Four days of fun for children at Forum Algarve
Forum Algarve prepares fun-filled programme for children Forum Algarve in Faro will be celebrating World Children’s Day with four days of entertainment between Thursday and Sunday (June 1 and 4).
Portuguese children “increasingly medicated for hyperactivity”
The sale of medication for hyperactive children is “beating records in Portugal”, reports SIC television news. In the last year, more than 280,000 prescriptions were handed out – representing a