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 …
In Delhi, 64% newborns die within the first 28 days The National Capital had the worst Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) among the four metropolitan cities between 2010 and 2012 with 30 newborns dying for every 1,000 live births, a new report has said. A substantial 64 per cent die within …
42 Babies Out Of 1,000 Die Before Reaching Age Of One Year In Country It is well known that quality of life varies greatly amongst different states within India. Some states have greater industrial or agricultural output, higher income levels, better education and health indicators, while others are still struggling …
The first 24 hours of a child's life are the most dangerous, with more than one million babies dying each year on their first and only day of life, according to new research published by Save the Children. The new report, "Ending Newborn Deaths," shows one half of first day …
Chennai: If your child was born in the last few years, he or she is likely to live five years more than children born a decade ago. Data released by the Union ministry of health shows that life expectancy in India has gone up by five years, from 62.3 years …
Sri Lanka had the lowest maternity mortality rate in South Asia, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said last week. Quoting a maternity mortality report compiled by emergency, obstetrics and Neo-natal units at its hand over to him at the Colombo Hilton, he pointed out that the comprehensive study revealed that Sri …
This report entitled “Millennium Development Goals (MDG) India Country Report-2014’ captures the achievements in India as of today under the eight MDGs which are to be achieved by 2015. The year 2014, being the penultimate year for the MDGs, acquires significance in assessing realistically India’s progress in meeting the various …
The Millennium Development Goals report is a continuing assessment of human development, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability as well as cooperation of the world community in achieving the set targets as part of the overall development goals for the country. This report sets out the national progress in achieving the …
Despite being in power for last six years, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in Sindh couldn't improve the health infrastructure in terms of clean water supply to the province. On one hand contaminated water was supplied by state-run agencies in cities and towns of the province, a lack of proper …
Jaipur: The plummeting mercury level is affecting the health of newborn babies, who are vulnerable to hypothermia. The child specialists and hospitals in the city are receiving infants with low body temperature. Doctors also claimed that the underweight and malnourished infants and newborns are more susceptible to hypothermia since the …
Upper Kheng: Farmers in one of country’s poorest villages in Zhemgang tilling their field The multidimensional poverty index takes into account other dimensions of education, health and living standards NSB: Many local economists and experts were stupefied when the previous government in one of its reports claimed the country’s poverty …
Program on pre-term birth is the first inter-institutional program on maternal-infant health and spontaneous pre-term birth sciences in India funded by the Department under the Grand Challenge Program. The total cost of the project is Rs. 48.85crore for a period of 5 years. It envisages a multidisciplinary research effort to …
Gujarat's much-touted Chiranjeevi Yojana, launched in 2006 to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates in BPL households, has not had any significant impact, says a new study by Duke University. The programme, which subsidizes the cost of delivery at designated private sector hospitals, has not led to increased probability of …
Nepal has made substantial progress in reducing under-five mortality and is on track to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4, but advances in neonatal health are less encouraging. The objectives of this study were to assess relative and absolute inequalities in neonatal mortality over time, and to review experience with major …
Meet to review physical, financial status of schemes Stressing on the need to focus on reducing the neonatal mortality in state, state health minister, Shabir Ahmad Khan, said that there was need to improve facility-based and home-based newborn care in state. He was addressing the chief medical officers and block …
Birth registration is a critical first step towards protecting children throughout their lives. Nearly 230 million children under the age of five in the world have not had their births registered. The report presents latest available data and estimates on birth registration in 161 countries. It highlights global and regional …
19.6 million people lack access to toilets in Nepal, with devastating consequences, in particular, for the well-being, health, education and empowerment of women and girls, reveals a report published on the World Toilet Day. Read more in this November 2013 edition of the Monthly Nepal State of the Environment Report …
The prevailing rate of infant and maternal mortality rate in Pakistan continues to be among the highest in the region. This was revealed during a seminar organized at a local hotel here to highlight the importance of the role Community Midwives (CMW) playing in bringing down the Infant and Maternal …
Bangladesh has had 40 years of exceptional progress in health, with infant mortality down, life expectancy up and good disease control, all despite being one of the world's poorest countries, researchers said on Thursday. Most often in the news for its poverty or natural or manmade disasters, such as a …
Nepal is tackling child deaths but thousands more lives could be saved each year if government efforts were focussed equally on the poorest, says a Save the Children report. Every year, around 26,000 children die before they reach age 5 in Nepal. In Save the Children's 'Lives on the Line' …
290 Infants Die In Koppal, Raichur Alarmed at 60% infant malnutrition deaths reported in some taluks of Koppal and Raichur districts against the national average of 42%, the Karnataka government constituted an expert committee to look into it. The committee, led by Dr BS Nanda Kumar, head, department of community …
