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Rajasthan maternal death mystery: Why 18 mothers have died since May, what probe teams have found, and what grieving families sayRajasthan government hospitals recorded nine maternal deaths in six days. Investigations are underway into these tragic fatalities across m...
Eight women, minor die after surgery in two Rajasthan hospitals; state govt sends expert teamsNine women and a minor died after surgeries in Rajasthan government hospitals over the past week. Inquiries have been initiated by the stat...
Rajasthan recalls labour-inducing drug after quality test failureA batch of Dinoprostone Gel, used to induce labour in pregnant women, has failed a government quality test, prompting Rajasthan's Drug Cont...
Uttarakhand Govt forms high-level committee to probe alleged irregularities with donations at Badrinath shrineIn view of the alleged irregularities and complaints related to donations and offerings at Badrinath Dham, and considering the seriousness ...
Rajasthan maternal deaths: Rights group seeks NHRC probe into Kota oxytocin caseIn a plea for justice, a civil rights group has turned to the National Human Rights Commission concerning five maternal deaths that occurre...
Rajasthan government orders three-layer drug testing after tragedyRajasthan is changing drug procurement rules after recent maternity deaths occurred. A probe found spurious oxytocin injections caused thes...
Civil rights body asks National Human Rights Commission to step inA civil rights group has asked the NHRC to intervene in five maternal deaths. These deaths occurred in Kota, Rajasthan, after women receive...
Kota Tragedy: Kin of victims seek financial help and better careVictims of the Kota Medical College case are suffering from kidney failure after childbirth. Spurious oxytocin injections allegedly led to ...
Punjab drug body finds critical lapses at Jackson Laboratories' manufacturing facility in AmritsarThe Punjab FDA has taken decisive action by revoking the manufacturing licence of Jackson Laboratories in Amritsar due to severe regulatory...
WHO seeks details from India over oxytocin-linked deaths; licences of manufacturer cancelledThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has sought details from the Indian government after reports linked oxytocin injections made by Jackson ...
Elon Musk's tweet on India's falling birth rate goes viralElon Musk's comment on India's falling birth rate has gone viral. India's total fertility rate has now dropped below the replacement level....
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...
India on verge of achieving SDG target of 70/lakh live births by 2030: GovtQuoting a special bulletin on Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)released by the Registrar General of India, the ministry said the country has b...
Increasing legal age for women's marriage has enormous social, economic benefits: SBI EcowrapIt said increasing the marriage age will push the mean marriage age higher and will lead to more females doing graduation and hence improvi...
India registers 26.9 per cent decline in Maternal Mortality Rate since 2013: SRS BulletinThe ratio has declined from 167 in 2011-2013 to 130 in 2014-2016 and to 122 in 2015-17, registering a 6.15 per cent reduction since the las...
Good news! Laggard states see huge progress in healthAll EAG states (Bihar, Jharkhand, MP, Chhatisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan, UP and Uttaranchal), and Assam have witnessed an increase of over 40 ...
Bimaru states show the way in women empowermentOne of the parameters to judge women empowerment is by knowing how many are functioning as elected representatives.
- More funds for 184 districts with poor health indicators
The HPDs were decided based on their poor indicators. Relative ranking of districts has been done within a state based on composite index).
- MSD India to invest $10 million to reduce maternal mortality
MSD for Mothers, drug firm would partner three non-governmental organisations across three states in India- Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Uttar ...
- UNICEF releases 'The state of The world's Children' report
UNICEF on Thursday released a report on 'The State of The World's Children 2009' here highlighting the need and care of maternal and newbor...