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NEWBORN DEATHS IN INDIA
Death in a vial: Five cases lay bare many uncomfortable truths about Indian healthcareFive young mothers in Kota died after childbirth, with suspicion falling on oxytocin injections. Investigations revealed the vials containe...- 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...
- India makes significant progress in reducing maternal mortality decline, on course to meet SDG targetIndia's maternal health has seen a remarkable transformation, with maternal deaths having fallen significantly, a global achievement. This ...
- Despite being cinema's most iconic villain, Sholay actor struggled to pay Rs 400 after wife’s childbirth. Now, his son claims Bollywood never returned Rs 1.27 crore owed to his fatherAmjad Khan's son, Shadaab Khan, recently revealed that the film industry owed his late father Rs 1.27 crore at the time of his death in 199...
- Air pollution in Indian districts significantly increased death risk across age groups, study findsA study led by the International Institute for Population Sciences identified a correlation between air pollution and increased mortality r...
- India likely to achieve SDG goals for reduction in newborn deaths: Top WHO official"India has taken important steps to improve the quality of care during labour and childbirth, leading to reductions in maternal deaths. Thi...
- UN study says India among 10 countries that make up 60 % of global maternal deaths, still births, new born deathsIndia leads a list of 10 countries that together account for 60 per cent of global maternal deaths, stillbirths and newborn deaths, and 51 ...
- Small investments in simple solutions can make a big impact in saving lives of mums & babiesSmall investments in simple solutions can make a big impact in saving lives. Governments have a variety of options to decrease maternal and...
- India successfully met 2017 Newborn Action Plan target rate of 24: Harsh VardhanThe set target of newborn mortality rate (NMR) of 24 for 2017 has been met and strides are being made to fulfil the target of stillbirth ra...
- India's child mortality rate declined between 1990 and 2019: UNThe 'Levels & Trends in Child Mortality' Report 2020 said that the number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record...
- World Breastfeeding Week: Mothers don't feed 3 out of 5 newborns within first hour of birthThe Unicef and WHO reported that infants not breastfed within their first hour of birth lowers their chance of survival.
- India 12th among 52 lower middle-income nations having highest infant mortality ratesIndia ranked below Sri Lanka (127), Bangladesh (54), Nepal (50) and Bhutan (60) but was above Pakistan, which was ranked among the lowest i...
- Newborn mortality: India 12th worst among low-income countriesPakistan is the worst with 45.6 newborn deaths per 1,000 live births, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) which has, f...
- 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...
- Selective foeticide: AIIMS study reveals dark side of DelhiNearly 35 per cent of the cases in these 17 years were stillborn, 29 per cent were born alive and 36 per cent were born before the period o...
- 7,400 newborns die every day in WHO South-East Asia Region: WHONearly 7,400 newborns die every day in the WHO South-East Asia Region (SEARO) causing untold misery to mothers and families.
- India leads in pre-term birth complication deaths: Study'Of the estimated 6.3 million deaths of children under the age of five in 2013, complications from pre-term births accounted for nearly 1.1...
- Indian launches plan to drastically reduce newborn deathFlanked by Bill Gates and representatives of WHO and UNICEF and USAID, Harsh Vardhan unveiled the India Newborn Action Plan (INAP).
- India accounts for highest newborn deaths: UNICEFMore than one in five children who die within four weeks of birth is an Indian despite improvements in child mortality rates worldwide, the...
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