WHO published its World health statistics report 2025, revealing the deeper health impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on loss of lives, longevity and overall health and well-being. In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, global life expectancy fell by 1.8 years—the largest drop in recent history— reversing a …
How to finance progress towards universal health coverage in low-income and middle-income countries is a subject of intense debate. We investigated how alternative tax systems aff ect the breadth, depth, and height of health system coverage. The researchers used cross-national longitudinal fi xed effects models to assess the relationships between …
Pregnancy is usually a happy time for women and their families. But, for some women, pregnancy ends unhappily. Some women lose their baby during early pregnancy (spontaneous abortion or miscarriage) or during late pregnancy (stillbirth). Others have their baby earlier than expected (preterm birth) or have a baby with low …
Doctors blame lack of human resource in rural areas, anaemia and late referrals Mother and Child. Karnataka continues to report the highest number of deaths of expectant mothers in South India, though it boasts of achieving the millenium development goals for Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR). …
Southern Asia faces the greatest hunger burden, with about 281 million undernourished people and more than half of population in South Asia lack access to improved sanitation says this final MDG report launched today by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have produced the most successful …
The Nigeria Mission Director, United States Agency for International Development(USAID), Mr. Michael Harvey, Thursday said USAID had spent $ 89 million on the Targeted States High Impact Project (T-SHIP) in Sokoto and Bauchi states in six years. This is just as Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, said his administration …
TANZANIA has been hailed for registering major achievements in attaining Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) number four for reducing under- five mortality from 161 per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 54 per 1,000 live births now. The United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF) Representative, Dr Jama Gulaid, said in Dar es …
Delhi remains behind states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu in key health indicators, such as the infant mortality rate (IMR). The Economic Survey report 2014-15 shows that 22 of every 1,000 children born in the city in 2013 the latest available data) died within a year of birth. The number …
This eleventh edition of Progress for Children is UNICEF’s final report on the child-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It presents latest data that show while the MDGs helped drive tremendous advances in the lives of the world’s children, development efforts in the past 15 years failed to reach millions of …
Gaping Holes In Healthcare: Niti Aayog India's progress in health outcomes during the past two decades has been slower in comparison to other developing countries with comparable incomes, a latest working paper prepared by Niti Aayog said, highlighting crucial gaps in India's healthcare system. The paper, titled `Health Systems in …
India's progress in health outcomes during the past two decades has been slower in comparison to other developing countries with comparable incomes, a latest working paper prepared by Niti Aayog said, highlighting crucial gaps in India's healthcare system. The paper, titled `Health Systems in India: Bridging the Gap Between Current …
The report looks at the state of inequality in health, answering key questions: according to the latest available data, what is the status of inequality across and within countries? How have levels of health changed in population subgroups over time? The report found that overall, inequalities were to the detriment …
Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have found higher death rates among people over 65 in zip codes with more fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) than in those with lower levels of PM2.5. This is one of the first studies to examine the effect of soot particles …
According to recent reports submitted by the district administration of Paschim Medinipur and Bankura to the West Bengal Government, 2,700 infant deaths occurred in the two districts during the year 2014-15. While in Bankura 1,093 infant deaths had taken place; in Paschim Medinipur, the number was 1,607. The reports were …
The Swedish government, one of Zambia's closest development allies has unblocked up to 400 million Swedish Kroners (sek), which amounts to about US $47,3 million meant for improving the Zambian health sector, according to a press release from the Zambian Embassy in Stockholm. The money must be directed towards projects …
This paper explores available evidence, contextualises and maps the debate in India around financing healthcare for all. While the focus is on healthcare in response to current policy debates, Oxfam India recognises the crucial importance of adopting a holistic approach to health, addressing factors such as nutrition and sanitation, and …
It was disclosed that the maternal and infant death rate in the Afar State has shown a significant decline compared with the past few years. It was so disclosed at the project launching entitled "Stand up for Afari Mothers" organized by Amref Health Africa in collaboration with the Afar State …
Almost half the child deaths worldwide are still caused due to under-nutrition despite substantial progress made to reduce under-five mortality , a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) secretariat has said. Between 1990 and 2013, under-five mortality declined by 49%, falling from an estimated rate of 90 deaths …
India has met only four of ten health targets under the Millenium Development Goals (MDG), and has made next to no progress on another four, according to new data from the World Health Organisation. The deadline for achieving MDGs runs out this year.The WHO’s annual World Health Statistics for 2015 …
2015 is the final year for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – goals set by governments in 2000 to guide global efforts to end poverty. This year’s "World Health Statistics" – published by WHO – assesses progress towards the health-related goals in each of the 194 countries for …
Malawi has made remarkable progress in improving child health outcomes as evidenced by reduction in infant and under- five mortality. However, there has been slow progress in reducing malnutrition. Currently, the country has high levels of stunting among under- five children, which is an indication that chronic food and nutrition …
