India leads in reducing child deaths. A UN report highlights India's success in improving child survival. Significant drops in under-five a...

India has made remarkable strides in maternal and child health between 2014 and 2021, with significant declines in MMR, IMR, NMR, and U5MR....

India was honored by the WHO for eliminating trachoma, following Nepal and Myanmar. Other recognitions included Bhutan for achieving cervic...

According to the report, India has made significant progress in population control measures in recent times with the Total Fertility Rates ...

The 'Levels & Trends in Child Mortality' Report 2020 said that the number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record...

However, among India's states, great disparities remained: The highest mortality rate in Assam was more than seven times that in Goa.

In 2014, India averted 1.26 lakh more deaths among children under-five years of age, according to data which are part of sample registratio...

Earlier pregnant and new borns used to be at the mercy of village quacks of midwives during emergencies which reflected in poor maternal an...

He said the government has initiated an SMS based electronic vaccine intelligence network (e-VIN) to enable real time monitoring of vaccine...

The alliance has structured its model in consultation with the National Health Mission and will working in synergy with the governments at ...

The consensus over the new targets was achieved within the government in a recent meeting of the health ministry and other concerned depart...

PM said India has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus much before the target date set for December this year and described the achieve...

Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Ram Niwas, presided over a 2-day state level workshop here to prepare Newborn Action Plan (HNAP).

Between 1990 and 2013, under-five mortality declined by 49%, falling from an estimated rate of 90 deaths per 1,000 live births.

Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar held a meeting with a Singapore delegation here, an official release said.

But in a reverse brain drain, 30 nurses from private hospitals in Madhya Pradesh quit last year to work in government-run sick and newborn ...

More than one in five children who die within four weeks of birth is an Indian despite improvements in child mortality rates worldwide, the...