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 …
The objective of the study was to analyse the effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), a wage-for-employment policy of the Indian Government, on infant malnutrition and delineate the pathways through which MGNREGA affects infant malnutrition.
The objective of the study was to analyse the effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), a wage-for-employment policy of the Indian Government, on infant malnutrition and delineate the pathways through which MGNREGA affects infant malnutrition.
Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG 4) calls for reducing the under-five mortality rate by twothirds between 1990 and 2015. The world has made substantial progress, reducing the under-five mortality rate 47 percent, from 90 (89, 92) deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 48 (46, 51) in 2012. However, …
In an attempt to check infant mortality rate, Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) programme was launched in city on Thursday with an objective to train basic health workers including ANMs and ASHAs to provide better medical care to newborn to save their lives. The most challenging part …
The food fortification project, aimed at reducing malnutrition, anemia and blindness and also to curb maternal and infant mortality rates, is actively being implemented in state. Food materials like milk flour and oil are made nutritious under the programme. Nations like US had made food fortification compulsory since 1930s. Project …
In ’11-12, 83% Of 31,000 State Kids Died Within 28 Days Of Birth Low birth weight and pneumonia have emerged as two of the biggest killers of infants and children in the state, accounting for 50% of their mortality rate. The figures have posed a serious question over the numerous …
It suggests implementation of health, nutrition and development programmes A study by the National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, on the death of tribal infants in Attappady noted that “high maternal under-nutrition of 48 per cent of adult women leading to chronic energy deficiency” resulted in the death of a large …
Following 21 reported infant deaths since the introduction of Pentavalent vaccine in India in 2011, the government is planning a large-scale study to determine the safety of the vaccine and the cause of deaths, if any, among children post-immunization. The National Committee on Adverse Events Following Immunization under the Ministry …
The infant mortality rate (IMR) in the district is on the rise since the beginning of the current financial year (2013-14), the district health office has said. Till the end of June, IMR in the district has reached 10.06 as against the annual ratio of 18.16 recorded last year, the …
Srinagar, July 23: During the last three months, 359 infants have died in Kashmir’s two premier hospitals, including 269 at GB Pant Hospital, Kashmir’s only tertiary care hospital for children and newborns. This has been revealed by the medical superintendents of GB Pant Hospital and LD Hospital, in their papers …
Environmental degradation is a cause for worry financially too. The World Bank has found that India, which enjoys higher economic growth than many other countries, loses at least Rs 3.75 lakh crore each year due to environmental degradation and pollution. Lost farm produce due to land degradation, productive lives cut …
About 23 per cent of child mortality in the country is caused by environmental degradation and diseases caused by poor water supply, sanitation and hygiene, a World Bank study has found. The World Bank report, titled "Diagnostic Assessment of Select Environmental Challenges in India", also states that environmental degradation costs …
Campaign For Well-Being Of Newborns And Mothers Launching a campaign for maternal and child health here on Monday, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav blamed the previous government for not doing enough to improve health scenario in the state. Titled ‘Hausla’ (courage), the campaign aims to curb maternal, neonatal, infant and child …
A month after the Bombay high court passed stringent strictures against the public health department for ignoring the deaths of women and children due to malnutrition, the state government has set up a six-member inter-departmental committee to draft an action plan to tackle the problem. A high-ranking bureaucrat confirmed that …
Pakistan has highest under-five mortality rate in South Asia (SA) besides the fact that 4.2 million new births took place every year which added almost 11500 children in country’s population. According to the data issued by Rehnuma Family Planning Association of Pakistan (R-FPAP) in connection with ‘World Population Day’ to …
The neonatal mortality rate in Kerala has come down remarkably thanks to the empowerment of local healthcare workers through training programmes. This, along with Kerala’s inherent superior healthcare infrastructure, have brought down the neonatal mortality rate to 7/1,000, the lowest in the country, according to Sachidananda Kamath, the State Academic …
We studied the co morbidities in hospitalized children with severe acute malnourishment 104 severe acute malnourished children were included, of which 54% had diarrhea, and 27.8% had acute respiratory tract infections. Tuberculosis was diagnosed in 22% of cases (60.8% cases in children 6-12 mo. Old). Malaria and Measles were diagnosed …
Investigation report on death of tribal infants at Attappady A UNICEF investigation report on the recent infant deaths at Attappady says that “anaemia in pregnant mothers and inadequate nutrition” are the main causes for the tragedy. “Lack of medical facilities and trained medical personnel and inadequate transport facility also caused …
Hypothermia contributes to neonatal mortality and morbidity, especially in preterm and low birth weight infants in developing countries. Plastic bags covering the trunk and extremities of very low birth weight infants reduces hypothermia. This technique has not been studied in larger infants or in many resource limited settings. The objective …
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been the most successful global anti-poverty push in history, the report says. Significant and substantial progress has been made in meeting many of the targets—including halving the number of people living in extreme poverty and the proportion of people without sustainable access to improved …
