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Nearly two-fifths of stillbirths missed if only late gestation counted: AnalysisNew data analysis shows stillbirth rates are higher than previously thought. Focusing only on late-gestation stillbirths misses almost 40 p...- 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...
- Six deliveries per thousand are stillbirths in India, highest rate in northern states: StudyA recent analysis of Indian health data reveals a stillbirth rate of 6.548 per 1,000 births in 2020, with urban areas showing higher rates ...
- WHO felicitates India for elimination of trachoma as public health problemIndia was honored by the WHO for eliminating trachoma, following Nepal and Myanmar. Other recognitions included Bhutan for achieving cervic...
- View: Fighting with hunger, malnutrition is need of the hourJapan had 6-in-10 children undernourished in 1900. It reached very low levels by 2000. China achieved massive drops in malnutrition in the ...
- 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...
- Make cooking gas affordable to poor households: Warrior Moms group to finance minister ahead of budgetThe Warrior Moms network said that they have submitted around 5,000 postcards to Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Puri, urging...
- Vaccine hesitancy higher in expectant mothersAround 4 million pregnant women have taken the Covid jab ever since the vaccine drive rolled out, which is a minuscule number given that es...
- Many pregnant women likely to get sick from Covid, finds new ICMR studyA new study by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) suggests that SARS-CoV-2 may infect a higher proportion of pregnant women, and whe...
- Covid may infect a higher proportion of pregnant women: ICMR StudyExperts have recommended that pregnant women may be counselled for vaccination to reduce the adverse impact of Covid-19 on maternal health ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-backed Janitri is preventing newborn deaths in rural IndiaIn an era where technology has made healthcare easier, faster, and cheaper, maternal healthcare is still expensive and riddled with issues....
- Genes2Me- Bringing New Healthcare Paradigm with Genomics
- View: 5 ways to combat pessimism about the hunger indexIndia is one of the few countries with hunger data in NSSO surveys. These show that hunger declined from 16% of the population in 1983 to 1...
- 30 infants died in 33 days in UP's Farrukhabad: A ground reportWas it the lack of oxygen or not enough doctors that killed 30 infants in the NICU of Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital between July 20 and August...
- 70 million women in India use smokeless tobacco to suppress hunger: ReportThe report said that using SLT during pregnancy results in 70 per cent higher risk of anaemia in pregnant women, 2-3 times higher rate of l...
- CAG report highlights poor implementation of NHRM in BiharThe maternal mortality rate was 208 against the targeted rate of 100 out of 1,00,000 pregnant women, said the CAG report for the year 2015.
- 11.69% of pregnant women in West Bengal have gestational diabetes: StudyThe study published in the Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health, showed that 11.69 per cent women in West Bengal, suffered from ges...
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