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 …
Even as the number of deaths among children under the age of five globally has fallen from 12.4 million in 1990 to 8.1 million in 2009, India accounts for 21 per cent of such deaths. According to the latest report titled
The adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals have provided a framework within which to strengthen actions to improve health and well-being for all and ensure no one is left behind. Despite overall improvements in health and well-being in the WHO European Region, inequities …
The country has made progress in reducing infant mortality but it is still some distance from its 2015 target Indicus Analytics / September 9, 2010, 0:39 IST According to the Millennium Development Goals adopted by the United Nations, India has the target of reducing the infant mortality rate (IMR) to …
A highly selective summary of the India Health Report 2010 Shankar Acharya / New Delhi September 9, 2010, 0:24 IST Last week saw the publication by BS Books of the India Health Report 2010 (henceforth referred to as IHR10), edited (and mostly written) by Ajay Mahal, Bibek Debroy and Laveesh …
Children from the poorest communities in India are three times more likely to die before they reach the age of five than those from high income groups, a recent report has revealed. The new global report
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Children from the poorest communities are three times more likely to die before they reach the age of 5 than those from high income groups, Save the Children, a non-governmental organisation has said. In a global report titled A Fair Chance at Life, the organisation said …
Child mortality rate in Bangladesh fell by an average 5.3 percent annually from 1993 to 2007 by providing excess care to the health of poor mothers. During the period the country also achieved success in reducing gap between boys and girls prospects of survival, a report of the Save the …
Child mortality rate in Bangladesh fell by an average of 5.3 percent annually from 1993 to 2007 and the gap between boys' and girls' prospects of survival closed, reveals Save the Children's report titled "A Fair Chance at Life". The report says Bangladesh has defied the odds and is now …
A survey conducted by the UNICEF has shown significant rise in major indicators of the maternal and child healthcare, including immunisation in India. The Coverage Evaluation Survey 2009 (CES-2009), a nationwide survey, covering all the States and Union Territories was conducted during November 2009 to January 2010, says institutional delivery …
Life expectancy in India has increased by nearly 50 per cent since 1960, says India Health Report 2010 by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Indicus Analytics.
The Pakistan Millennium Development Goals Report 2010, produced by the Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan analyses the present status and challenges towards achieving the MDGs in Pakistan. It is a comprehensive document which will generate discussions in both public and private sector organization focused on economic and social development.
The objective of the Report to the People on Health is to examine and address critical macro issues including identifying barriers and providing options and strategies for the future. This report is more than a document as it reflects the directions of the government as developed in a spirit of …
Teena Thacker The team from the Union Health Ministry probing the death of four infants during a routine immunisation drive in Mohanlalganj near Lucknow on Saturday has sent samples of the measles vaccine from the stock to the Central Drug Laboratory Kolkata for further investigations.
New Delhi: Child mortality rates in India are the highest in tribal areas with figures exceeding the national average, a new report has said. The report
This paper is the rst attempt to rigorously evaluate the short term e ects of the `Janani Suraksha Yojna' (Safe Motherhood Scheme), a nationwide conditional cash transfer program in India, launched in April 2005. Under the scheme, a woman delivering her child in a medical facility is provided monetary rewards. …
