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India delivers 5 tonnes of medical aid to Afghanistan under humanitarian assistanceThe Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on June 11 reiterated India's commitment to strengthening Afghanistan's healthcare system, announcin...
Haryana's infant mortality rate falls to 24 deaths per 1,000 live births, matches national averageHaryana's infant mortality rate has dropped to 24 deaths per 1,000 live births, reaching the national average. This significant achievement...
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...
Aster DM Healthcare invests Rs 96 crore to expand Whitefield facility; capacity to increase to 539 bedsAster DM Healthcare has invested Rs 96 crore to expand its women and children facility at Aster Whitefield Hospital in Bengaluru. The hospi...
NICU care can cost Rs 5,000-10,000 per day: Why parents should know about newborn coverage and its sub-limits in health insuranceParents buy maternity cover for delivery, but the bigger financial risk is complications after birth.
UN report lauds India’s sharp decline in child mortality ratesIndia leads in reducing child deaths. A UN report highlights India's success in improving child survival. Significant drops in under-five a...
Smaller than a palm: How India’s tiniest infant battled to survive for 124 daysA newborn weighing just 350 grams, possibly the smallest infant ever to survive in India, battled for over four months in the NICU. The "na...
Lancet study estimates third of newborns admitted to district hospitals with sepsis could dieA study across five district hospitals in India revealed that over a third of newborns diagnosed with sepsis might not survive. The study h...
Assam signs MoUs to transform 354 tea garden hospitals into Ayushman Arogya MandirsThe National Health Mission Assam has signed an MoU to upgrade 354 tea garden hospitals into Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, enhancing healthcare ...
Delhi hospital fire: How unchecked private nursing homes thrive amid high costs & poor infraThe high costs of medical care at private corporate hospitals in Delhi, combined with inadequate infrastructure at government facilities, h...
Fire: 3 infants died of burns, 7 suffocated, says Maharashtra ministerAccording to doctors, ten newborn babies, aged between a month and three months, died after fire broke out in the Special Newborn Care Unit...
This startup combines IoT, big data & machine learning for better premature infant careiNICU, short for Integrated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, was founded in June 2016 by Singh and pediatrician Gautam Yadav after Singh lost ...
With under-5 mortality down, India set to achieve its MDGIn 2014, India averted 1.26 lakh more deaths among children under-five years of age, according to data which are part of sample registratio...
This 'ATM' in Puducherry offers mother's milkThe bank, named 'Amudham Thaippal Maiyam' (ATM), which will also offer breastfeeding counselling to mothers, was inaugurated last Wednesday.
Maternal tetanus elimination in India will save lives: UNThe elimination of MNT as a public health problem means that the annual rate is less than 1 per 1000 live births.
NRI founded healthcare opens 100-bed hospital in DubaiThe new branch of Aster DM Healthcare was inaugurated by UAE Minister of Health Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais at Mankhool-Bur locality.
- Goa, Kerala best states in which to be born in India
Goa and Kerala seem to be the best place to be born in India, while Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha are the worst.
- Lured by higher salary, nurses make a beeline for govt hospitals in MP
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 ...
- India accounts for highest newborn deaths: UNICEF
More than one in five children who die within four weeks of birth is an Indian despite improvements in child mortality rates worldwide, the...
- Breastfeeding babies can prevent neonatal deaths
Breastfeeding babies immediately after birth can prevent a significant number of neonatal deaths in developing countries, United Nations Ch...