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India makes gains in child, maternal health but nutrition challenges persist: SBI reportIndia's latest health survey reveals significant improvements in maternal care and child vaccination rates. Stunting among children has see...- 90.6% hospital births, 96% plus vaccinations: NFHS-6 reflects India's "accelerated progress" in family health parametersIndia's National Family Health Survey-6 shows significant improvements in maternal and child health. Vaccinations and antenatal care have i...
- How much more population does RSS chief want: Sanjay RautRSS chief Mohan Bhagwat expressed concern over India's declining fertility rate. He suggested increasing the population to prevent extincti...
- No easy access for morning-after pill?The government is considering a proposal requiring prescriptions for emergency contraception pills due to concerns about misuse and health ...
- Supreme Court to decide fate of Mifepristone: A deep dive into Texas abortion medication lawsuitAt the center of the Texas medication abortion lawsuit lies mifepristone, a drug developed by Danco Laboratories, embroiled in a contentiou...
- Global anaemia burden: Lancet study says the condition affected nearly 2 billion people in 2021Twice as many women than men were found to have anaemia in 2021 according to The Lancet Haematology. Anaemia affected almost two billion pe...
- Citizens worried about economy as India tops global population chartsAs the global economy recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. However,...
- India likely to miss 2030 deadline for over half of health SDGs: Lancet studyAn international team of researchers found that over 75 per cent Indian districts are off target for crucial SDG indicators like access to ...
- Meghalaya's matrilineal society: Single moms struggle to make ends meetA single mother, Mary earns roughly `400 a day. “My aunt is old and can barely see but I have no other place to leave my children. Also, th...
- Why ageing citizenry is a challenge across the globe, particularly for IndiaFrom 5% of the population in 1950, senior citizens were close to 10% of the population by 2016, and this is estimated to rise to 19% by 205...
- Family planning vision 2030 to focus on men to check populationStrategies to overcome teenage childbearing, lack of male participation in awareness programmes, migration and lack of access to contracept...
- India's fertility rate decreases to 2 from 2.2The National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) published by the ministry on Friday said the study also showed knowledge of contraceptives was a...
- Population stabilising; over half of women, kids anaemic, says new health surveyThe fifth survey was conducted between 2019 and 2021 in two phases. Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya...
- Tobacco Harm Reduction - A Missed Public Health Opportunity for India
- Times face-off: Do we need population control measures?The UP Population Bill will only disproportionately impact the most deprived and vulnerable, as they are the ones most dependent on governm...
- India's population is stabilising as total fertility rate declines across statesOf the 17 states analysed in the NFHS-5 data, except for Bihar, Manipur and Meghalaya, all other states have a TFR of 2.1 or less, which im...
- Government to go ahead with birth control injectionsDrugs Technical Advisory Board's recommendations are based on studies conducted by the ICMR in India for injectable contraceptives.
- Unintended pregnancies in India high: ReportIndia also succeeded in averting more numbers of unintended pregnancies by expending the use of contraception.
- DFID to roll out project on family planning in OdishaDFID has agreed to roll out a reproductive health framework project worth Rs 40 crore to address the need for family planning in Odisha.
- Social SectorsAs per the Human Development Reports (HDRs) published annually by the UNDP since 1991, India has consistently improved on the human develop...
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