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 …
World Health Statistics 2011 contains WHO’s annual compilation of health-related data for its 193 Member States, and includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and associated targets.
What are the world's best and worst places to be a mother? The 12th annual Mothers' Index analyzes health, education and economic conditions for women and children in 164 countries. Norway ranks 1 this year and Afghanistan ranks last. The United States comes in at 31 among the 43 developed …
With a view to bringing down Infant Mortality Rate, 2011 will be observed as Vaccination Day in Madhya Pradesh. This instruction was given by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during the review meeting of the Health Department on Tuesday. He asked the officers concerned to send a proposal to the …
The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was introduced in 2005 in 18 states of the country including Rajasthan. The main focus of the mission was to provide effective healthcare to rural population in the states which have weak public health indicators or weak infrastructure. The goals of the mission include, …
MUMBAI: Despite crores of rupees being pumped into the healthcare machinery, the state has failed to stock adequate essential drugs at health centres. It is this shortage of drugs that experts are attributing to the state's rising infant mortality rate, which is much higher than seven other states, including Mizoram …
ROURKELA: Infant and maternal mortality rates in the tribal-dominated Sundargarh district have been witnessing a remarkable drop. The change has been possible with ASHA workers taking health facilities to remote pockets of the district. Official sources said the district has recorded infant mortality rate (IMR) at less than 35 per …
AHMEDABAD: While sex ratio in India has dipped to a historic low of 914 girls per 1,000 boys in the 0-6 age-group, numbers in Gujarat have a happy story to tell. The ratio in Gujarat has marginally improved from 883 to 886, according to 2011 census report. Gujarat is one …
This paper reviews the literature on health in the informal settlements (and “slums”) that now house a substantial proportion of the urban population in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Although this highlights some important gaps in research, available studies do suggest that urban health inequalities usually begin at birth, are …
Two-thirds of developing countries are on track or close to meeting key targets for tackling extreme poverty and hunger. This year’s Global Monitoring Report 2011: Improving the Odds of Achieving the MDGs by the World Bank delves into country performance and reveals a diverse, and often hopeful, picture. For example, …
The cost of maternity care can be a barrier to access that may increase maternal and neonatal mortality risk. We analyzed spending on maternity care in urban slum communities in Mumbai to better understand the equity of spending and the impact of spending on household poverty. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-11-150.pdf
It was a cold January morning. As the mist cleared, groups of women could be seen wending their way to the aanganwadi (kindergarten) in Khitwans village in Lalitpur district’s Birdha block. The women were either pregnant or lactating mothers. Pramilla Jha, a counsellor for infant feeding, was waiting for them. …
BHUBANESWAR: ALARMED by the high childhood mortality, the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) has proposed to its parent body, the Indian Council of Medical Research, to establish a surveillance centre in the State for screening of Haemophilus influenzae b (Hib), one of the biggest child killers in Orissa. With the …
Measles remains an important cause of child mortality, although the numbers of measles-related deaths has decreased during the last decade through childhood immunisation programmes and follow-up measles vaccine campaigns. In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched a global plan to further reduce …
JAIPUR: Experts feel high infant mortality rate (IMR) in Rajasthan should be viewed in the context of the skewed sex ratio. According to the latest IMR report, infant mortality in the state came down by three points in 2009 compared to the previous year but it is still high with …
State Recorded Lowest Infant Mortality Rate In 2009, MP The Highest New Delhi: Goa is the best place in India for a child to be born while Madhya Pradesh is the worst. India has seen a fall in its infant mortality rate (IMR). And in sheer numbers, Goa in 2009 …
This paper introduces a methodology that measures the effort made by countries in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The methodology compares the rate of progress on MDG indicators in the period before and after the adoption of the MDGs. Correct for two biases ignored in previous methodologies: non-linearity in …
Newborn deaths account for 57% of deaths in children younger than 5 years in Pakistan. Although a large programme of trained lady health workers (LHWs) exists, the effectiveness of this training on newborn outcomes has not been studied. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based intervention package, principally …
The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in India has come down to 50 (deaths per 1,000 live births) from 53, showing a reduction of three points as compared to 2008, and eight points since 2005, when the national average was 58. The latest data released by the Registrar-General of India (RGI) …
