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NEONATAL HEALTH DISPARITIES
Is India winning the wrong battle on infant mortality?India's infant mortality rate has significantly dropped to 24 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024. This progress is largely due to a surge...- A spoonful of policy change: Why a lower tax slab for ghee under GST 2.0 is good for hearts, homes, and farmersA lower GST on ghee could improve nutrition, curb adulteration, and strengthen cooperatives and rural incomes, say health experts and dairy...
- Study finds low birth weight from 4 states makes up half of India's casesAn analysis of the National Family Health Survey reveals that low birth weight cases in India have decreased from 26% in 1993 to 18% in 202...
- Global life expectancy projected to improve by 5 years in men, over 4 in women by 2050: StudyA global study published in The Lancet predicts nearly five years' improvement in men's and over four years' in women's life expectancy fro...
- Huge gap in private, government hospital charges under Ayushman: StudyOver 18,550 hospitals are empanelled under the govt’s flagship health insurance scheme. Of this, 54% are private hospitals and the rest are...
- India had world's highest child mortality rate in 2015: Lancet studyHowever, among India's states, great disparities remained: The highest mortality rate in Assam was more than seven times that in Goa.
- A new lease of life: How Bempu's innovative wristband is saving thousands of babiesA bracelet meant for infants, it monitors their temperature whereby parents get alerted with an audio-visual alarm when their baby gets dan...
- 184 districts identified for focussed healthcare: PM Narendra ModiHe said the country needs to institutionalise a system where marginalised communities receive universal healthcare and financial protection.
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