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. …
National levels of personal health-care access and quality can be approximated by measuring mortality rates from causes that should not be fatal in the presence of effective medical care (ie, amenable mortality). Previous analyses of mortality amenable to health care only focused on high-income countries and faced several methodological challenges. …
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the world’s first comprehensive blueprint for sustainable development. Launched at the end of 2015, this Agenda frames health and well-being as both outcomes and foundations of social inclusion, poverty reduction and environmental protection. From a health perspective, development can be said to be …
Maternal mortality review data (2015-16) accessed by The Indian Express showed that maximum deaths (42 per cent) were of young mothers in age group 20-24 years. ACROSS the state, while fewer pregnant women are dying of sepsis or haemorrhage than previously, eclampsia or blood pressure-induced convulsions has emerged as a …
Kenya will double maternity leave to six months from three if a bill before parliament is passed in a bid to boost the health of mothers and babies. But the new law has been opposed by employer groups who say businesses cannot afford to give women the time off, even …
An inexpensive and widely available drug could save the lives of one in three mothers who would otherwise bleed to death after childbirth, a study published in The Lancet has revealed. According to the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey report, Nigeria has a maternal mortality rate of 576 deaths …
The biggest challenge for India is the dual fight of containing a 'developing' country's health concerns while a flare-up of 'developed' world disorders are its doorstep. On one hald India is combating basic health concerns such as malnutrition, low immunization rates, hygiene, sanitation and infectious diseases. On the other hand, …
A cheap and widely available drug could save the lives of one in three of the 100,000 new mothers who bleed to death after childbirth every year, mostly in poorer countries, according to the first study of its use in postpartum haemorrhage. In a trial of 20,000 women, researchers found …
Financing Global Health 2016 is the eighth edition of IHME’s annual series on global health spending and health financing. In addition to describing the trends in development assistance for health (DAH), this year’s report features an expanded discussion of domestic spending across low-, middle-, and high-income countries to describe the …
Kenya and the World Bank will partner to roll out a project to improve maternal, child and adolescent health, Kenyan officials said on Thursday. The five-year Transforming Health System for Universal Care (THS-UC) project will begin in October and end in September 2021 and will strengthen institutional health capacity in …
At the hospital, they are held behind a gate, these mothers with infants in their arms. They've been here for months. With furrowed brows, they stare at passers-by carrying packages, holding out hope that a good Samaritan might bring them something to eat. These moms and their babies haven't been …
The Greater Accra Region records more maternal deaths than any other region in the country, with bleeding and hypertension being the leading causes, the Ghana Health (GHS), has said. Last year (2016), the region recorded 197 cases with 100 of them being attributed to bleeding. This figure represents 180.4 per …
Millions of Kenyan women and children dependent on health care funded by a UN agency face a bleak future. The United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) receives funding from the United States, but Donald Trump's administration on Monday announced that it will stop such donations. The fund provides care on reproductive …
THE Ministry of Health and the Zambia Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) Alliance have launched a case study report dubbed ‘Investment case in Zambia’s future’ to advocate for increased resources towards reproductive, maternal, new-born and child health. Speaking at the launch yesterday, Ministry of Health director for public health …
This study found significant global decreases in all-cause child and adolescent mortality from 1990 to 2015, but with increasing global inequality. In countries with a low Socio-demographic Index (SDI), mortality is the primary driver of health loss in children and adolescents, largely owing to infectious, nutritional, maternal, and neonatal causes, …
As health experts stare down a looming health care worker shortage and try to find solutions, African nations say they are especially worried in the face of possible U.S. cuts to international aid. In Uganda, the impact of poor-quality health services and a shortage of skilled health workers can be …
Kampala — Many more families across the country have reason to smile as an average of 12 maternal deaths per month have since dropped to an average of only three deaths across 25 districts. According to Dr Blandinah Nakiganda, the assistant commissioner for Health Services, the reduction has been registered …
A drug given to pregnant women to combat malaria also offers protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and boosting doses of the 'double protection' treatment cuts the risk of infant deaths, researchers said on Thursday. Giving pregnant women regular doses of antimalarial drugs greatly reduces the danger of life-threatening birth …
The World Bank Group has approved a $16 million grant from the Global Financing Facility (GFF) to help improve the quality of primary and secondary health care services in Liberia. This grant will support initiatives with focus on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH), according to the World …
The National Family Health Survey 2015-16 (NFHS-4), the fourth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health and nutrition for India and each State / Union territory. NFHS-4, for the first time, provides district-level estimates for many important indicators. This fact sheet provides information on key indicators and trends …
The publication Youth in India attempts to identify the issues of importance for youth under the broad categories- Population dynamics, marital statistics, fertility & contraception, Mortality & Neonatal Health care, Literacy & Employment and Crime. Attempt has been made to incorporate relevant indicators on these identified aspects and the latest …
