Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Liesl Gerntholtz The government should recognise that good healthcare, including maternal healthcare, is a basic right. The picture shows a maternity ward in a government hospital, Bhopal I gave birth in the developing world, in South Africa, to be precise. South Africa was in the spotlight recently when a government-commissioned …
Worldwide an estimated 7.9 million or more babies are born each year with a birth defect. The causes of birth defects remain largely a mystery, although a few culprits, including some environmental agents, have been identified as contributing factors. Reliable numbers for both types of defects and cases remain unclear, …
A description of diseases and injuries and the risk factors that cause them is vital for health decision-making and planning. Data on the health of popu
Following the recent death of four pregnant women in the state due to H1N1, the state government has begun drafting a new treatment protocol for these high-risk patients. Health officials will be collecting swab samples of pregnant patients reporting to the screening centres and those will be
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) was used worldwide until the 1970s, when concerns about its toxic effects, its environmental persistence, and its concentration in the food supply led to use restrictions and prohibitions. In 2001, more than 100 countries signed the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) , committing to eliminate the …
The Madhya Pradesh Government has decided to spend Rs 962 crores on health services in rural areas this year. Out of the amount Rs 406.10 crore would be spent on maternity and child health, Rs 264.40 crore on National Rural Health Mission programmes, and Rs 55.20 crore on pulse polio …
NEW DELHI: The Centre for Reproductive Rights has called upon the legal fraternity to seek accountability for human rights violation arising from maternal mortality. Collaborate with activists and public health experts to develop PIL claiming that the right to survive pregnancy and childbirth is a constitutionally protected right, a report
Experts at a press briefing yesterday said initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth can prevent one-third of neonatal deaths in the country every year. They also disclosed that around 240 under-five children die every day for not having breastfeeding properly. To mark the Global Breastfeeding Week 2009 from …
Pune The scientists at Agharkar Research Institute (ARI ) and researchers of KEM hospital have found out in their study that seasonal energy stress among pregnant rural women has direct effect on the birth weight of their foetus. How a dry or wet season would change the diet of a …
Maternal mortality rate in the state: 370 per 1 lakh. Maternal mortality rate in the country: 250 per 1 lakh. These startling figures came to the fore at the ongoing leadership training programme for medical officers at XLRI today. The programme on reproductive health also threw up an infant mortality …
Status of Maternal and Child Health Report At least three women die every month on an average in Bhutan from pregnancy related complications (maternal death), according to the public health
Deliver at home with trained midwives and avoid caesarean section A belly dancer, tarot-card readers and yoga therapists, people not associated with childbirth, tea med up with midwives, masseurs and hypnotists at a mela in Mumbai last month to teach 60 women how to give birth naturally. Birth India, a …
