World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Women
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Obese women may affect great-grandchildren
A woman's obesity may put her future great-grandchildren at high risk of metabolic problems such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease, even before she becomes pregnant, a study has found. While previous
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5 women in India die every hour during childbirth: WHO
The number of deaths in India during childbirth accounts for 17 per cent of such deaths globally Nearly five women die every hour in India from complications developed during childbirth, with heavy
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Government plans fail to contain infant, maternal deaths
BHUBANESWAR: Despite implementation of separate programmes with heavy budgetary allocations, the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) remain distressingly high in the State.
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One woman dies every 5 minutes during pregnancy: WHO
Mumbai, June 12 (IANS) Every five minutes, at least one Indian woman dies during pregnancy and child birth, the World Health Organisation said on Sunday. According to WHO, of the 529,000 maternal deaths
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State-wide campaign to fight maternal mortality
Jaipur: Aiming to bring down maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in the state, health department launched Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matratva Abhiyan (Prime Minister Safe Motherhood Campaign) in the state from
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Rheumatoid arthritis in Agricultural Health Study Spouses: Associations with pesticides and other farm exposures
<p>Farming has been associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but the role of pesticides is not known. Researchers examined associations between RA and pesticides or other agricultural exposures among
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Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 70/1, the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the United Nations system, has the honour to submit the report on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
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More than 250 tribal women gherao police station, demand toilets at home
Agra: Suffering decades of government apathy and embarrassment due to open defecation, hundreds of women from the Kanjara community staged a massive protest outside a local police station at Bah on Tuesday
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An analysis of water collection labor among women and children in 24 sub-Saharan African countries
<p>It is estimated that more than two-thirds of the population in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) must leave their home to collect water, putting them at risk for a variety of negative health outcomes. There
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National Family Health Survey 2015-16 (NFHS-4): District fact sheets
The National Family Health Survey 2015-16 (NFHS-4), the fourth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health and nutrition for India and each State / Union territory. NFHS-4, for the first