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Private hospitals drive surge in C-section deliveries across IndiaCaesarean sections are now the norm in Indian private hospitals, accounting for over half of all births. Eastern and southern states show p...
Why infant death rates have doubled in Mississippi and are rising across the USMississippi has declared a public health emergency due to a soaring infant mortality rate, nearly double the national average, highlighting...
When tech meets empathy: Inside ARMMAN’s AI-driven maternal care modelThrough Kilkari and mMitra, Mumbai-based ARMMAN, in collaboration with Google DeepMind, is leveraging AI to better maternal health outcomes...
Significant progress in SDGs, but challenges remain: MoSPIThe report highlights significant gains made in maternal and child health, education, poverty and climate change since 2015-16. The Nationa...
One woman dies every 2 minutes in pregnancy, childbirth: UNThe overall maternal mortality rate dropped by 34.3 percent over a 20-year period -- from 339 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 20...
Maternal mortality above UN target in 70 pc of India's districts: StudyArunachal Pradesh fares the worst of all states and Maharashtra the best, says the study published in the journal PLOS Global Public Health...
Reducing child mortality must be a result of public-private parenthoodAccording to the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW), about 26 million babies are born in India annually, of which 730,000 die wi...
US abortion funding cuts hit Indian NGOsAccording to WHO’s World Health Statistics (WHS) 2016, nearly five women die every hour in India due to complications during childbirth, an...
Five women die every hour in India during childbirth: WHONearly 45,000 mothers die due to causes related to childbirth every year in India which accounts for 17 per cent of such deaths globally.
Wide disparities in health outcomes: JP NaddaThe government today said there were wide disparities in terms of health outcomes such as maternal and infant mortality rates, reflecting v...
India needs to improve healthcare as part of global MDGs: WHOIndia and many other southeast Asian countries need to improve their record on public health care, the WHO said today as it warned that the...
Akhilesh Yadav accuses Mayawati of neglecting health servicesSP government in UP is working hard to get health services back on track after the neglect it suffered under Bahujan Samaj Party
Health cover may become cheaper for womenHealth insurance for women could get cheaper considering that insurance companies view them healthier than men.
India will not be able to achieve crucial MDG targets: ReportIndia's poverty ratio is likely to be 26.7 per cent by 2015 while child mortality ratio is seen at 52 per thousand live births.
- India needs to increase spending on healthcare: WHO
While India's life expectancy has gone up to 65 years in 2009. Global life expectancy was still higher at 68 years in 2009.
- India makes progress on reducing maternal mortality rate
In 2005, PRATHAM shocked the nation’s conscience by documenting that about 52% of the country’s children could not read, and about 65% cann...
- Lupin joins hands with FOGSI
Pharma major Lupin has joined hands with Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Socities of India (FOGSI) to launch 'Save the Girl Chil...