BHUBANESWAR: Odisha will implement the Union government-sponsored National Urban Health Mission in the state from September, government sources said.

Draft identifies it as a major health problem in State

The draft nutrition policy being finalised by the State government identifies anaemia as a major health problem in the State, especially among women and children. More women and children have anaemia in 2005-06 than in 1999-99, the draft compares figures from the National Family Health Surveys held those years.

Jaipur: Twelve out of 100 maternal deaths reported in the state are in the age group of 15-19 years.

JAIPUR: The districts in Udaipur division have reported a significant decline in the maternal mortality ratio (MMR).

JAIPUR: The Annual Health Survey (AHS), which was conducted on nine states, shows that Rajasthan has recorded the highest decline in maternal mortality rate (MMR). The survey was released in May.

The survey states that the MMR in Rajasthan declined by 67 points, which is highest among the nine states surveyed. This is a positive sign as state's MMR is usually above the national average.

New Delhi: More newborns die on the first day in India than in any other country, according to the latest ‘State Of The World’s Mothers ’ report. Every year, over 3,09,300 children (29% of the global share) in India don’t live beyond the first day because of complications associated with preterm birth, hygiene and maternal health, the report says.

The report by the United States-based Save the Children, which ranks 176 countries on maternal and child mortality, will release globally on Tuesday.

Uttarakhand continues to perform well and Uttar Pradesh poorly on key health indicators as per the findings of the Annual Health Survey (AHS) conducted in 284 districts of nine States.

The nine States for which health indicators were released on Friday constitute 50 per cent of the country’s population. While Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) – the number of deaths of children less than one year of age per 1000 live births – of 100, three districts of Almora, Pithoragarh and Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand recorded a comparatively low IMR of 20.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Rs. 22,507-crore National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) that seeks to address healthcare challenges in towns and cities with focus on urban poor.

The scheme will now be introduced as a sub-mission under the National Health Mission (NHM). The mission will be implemented in 779 cities and towns, each with a population of more than 50,000, and cover over 7.75 crore people.

Thiruvananthapuram: Besides a government failure in disseminating the benefits of numerous social welfare schemes among tribal families at Attappadi, the prevalence of alcoholism among pregnant wom