The Ministry adopted an integrated approach for reproductive, maternal, new born, child and adolescent health to address the causes of mort...

The under-five mortality rate (U5MR) in India is about seven times higher than in high-income countries where 1 in 147 is dying.

"24 States and UTs having already achieved the replacement level of fertility of 2.1," Health Minister J P Nadda said.

The world has missed the MDG (millennium development goals) target by nearly 700 million people.

Union Health Ministry said key interventions are being made under the National Health Mission to bring down the child mortality rate across...

A major study on 2006 data estimated, that in India, inadequate sanitation amounted to a loss equivalent to about 6.4 per cent of GDP

India and neighouring nations are lagging far behind in achieving the illenniMum Development Goal (MDG) of halving hunger by 2015.

India also had the highest number of under-five deaths in the world in 2012, with 1.4 million children dying before reaching their fifth bi...

HLL Biotech has entered into a long-term supply and technology licence agreement with the Institute of Immunology, Zagreb, Croatia.

AHS was conducted in Empowered Action Group states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha an...

India's poverty rates fell from 51% to 37% between 1990 and 2008. But it will still not reach the required Poverty Headcount Ratio of 23.9%...

India, compared to most Apac nations, has made very slow progress in eradicating poverty over the last 10 years.

An international group of 34 woman economists has written an open letter to the prime ministers and presidents of various nations, includin...

That should sound a warning call to the government which is battling rising food prices somewhat lackadaisically thus far.

A new report by World Bank and International Monetary Fund on Friday said it is hampering progress of the other Millennium Development Goal...

The donors should raise their contribution four-fold to scale up control of AIDS, TB and malaria, and boost primary health systems.

Riding on the better social indicators like health and primary education, India has achieved an over 27 per cent decline in poverty and is ...