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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...
- TTK Healthcare Q2 Results: Profit more than doubles on higher sales of medical devicesThe rising prevalence of chronic medical conditions has led to development of various advanced medical treatments, resulting in higher dema...
- 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...
- Govt identifies items for customs exemptions review, seeks industry viewsThe Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) last year too had conducted this crowdsourcing exercise to identify the customs duty...
- In India, over 139 million women and girls now use modern methods of contraception: ReportIn 13 low-income countries, the number of modern contraceptive users has doubled since 2012 and more than 121 million unintended pregnancie...
- 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...
- Why India is justifiably perceived as the most unsafe place for women?The Bihar shelter home horror has reminded the country how heinous its society can be with its girls.
- Hypertension can be a silent killer! Know the causes, symptoms and treatmentsHypertension is the leading cause of death (smoking is second), making it the most dominant silent killer disease.
- Government revises national list of essential medicines, adds 106 more drugsThe new list of essential medicines, which comes into effect immediately, will be revised every three years as per the committee's recommen...
- 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.
- Eco Survey: Ensure women's place in economy; change patriarchal mindsetAccording to the Gender Inequality Index (GII) India ranks 127 out of 152 countries.
- 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.
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