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 …
US Ambassador Richard Olson gave nod to the $387 million Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Programme in Sindh, here on Friday. Olson and Sindh Secretary Health Inamullah Khan Dharejo signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for this five-year project. Under this initiative, US Agency for International Development (USAID) will support …
India accounts for 19% of global maternal deaths, three-quarters of which come from nine states. In 2005, India launched a conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme, Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), to reduce maternal mortality ratio (MMR) through promotion of institutional births. JSY is the largest CCT in the world. In the …
The infant mortality rate (IMR) and maternal mortality rate (MMR) in 11 Maoist-hit districts including the Kalahandi-Balangir-Koraput (KBK) region were alarming, Union health secretary Keshav Desiraju said. Balangir tops IMR, among the 11 districts, with 98 per 1,000 live births followed by Kandhamal at 86 against the state average of …
The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has chosen Palakkad as a high priority district,followedby Wayanad and Malappuram in the state, to implement its Call to Action plan to addresschild mortality and maternal issues in the wake of Attapadi malnutrition deaths. The agency plans to take the programme forward after a …
On 28 MAY, as the rest of Kerala was eagerly waiting for the monsoon rains, a distraught Veera Swami performed the last rites of his four-month- old son in Pagalayur village. It was the 28th infant death this year in the picturesque Attapadi hills populated by tribals in Palakkad district. …
Union government is copying some of our schemes such as Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Scheme: Jayalalithaa The plan outlay for Tamil Nadu for 2013-14 has been fixed at Rs. 37,128 crore, which is 32.8 per cent higher than that of 2012-13. The plan size for 2013-14 includes the Central assistance of …
State of food security in Pakistan has deteriorated since 2003. The conditions for it are inadequate in 80 out of 131 districts of Pakistan. Ab out 48.6 percent of Pakistanis do not have access to sufficient food for an active and healthy life. This was stated by CEO Society for …
Maternal undernutrition contributes to 800 000 neonatal deaths annually through small for gestational age births; stunting, wasting, and micronutrient deficiencies are estimated to underlie nearly 3·1 million child deaths annually. Progress has been made with many interventions implemented at scale and the evidence for effectiveness of nutrition interventions and delivery …
The annual cost of environmental degradation in India amounts to about Rs. 3.75 trillion equivalent to 5.7% of GDP says this new World Bank report. But there are low-cost options to significantly bring down the environmental damage without compromising long-term growth objectives. This report provides estimates of social and financial …
The world has an astonishing chance to take a billion people out of extreme poverty by 2030. In September 2000 the heads of 147 governments pledged that they would halve the proportion of people on the Earth living in the direst poverty by 2015, using the poverty rate in 1990 …
Hyderabad: The planning commission has cautioned the state government over the high maternal and infant mortality in one fifth of the state and asked it to take effective remedial measures. It also wanted the government to focus on clearing pendency with regard to the promises made in the previous round …
Even as the toll in infant deaths in Malda Medical College Hospital rose to 14, a three-member expert team on Sunday ascertained that the casualties were caused due to malnutrition and low weight. Two more infants died last night taking the toll to 14 since May 22, as the expert …
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha will implement the Union government-sponsored National Urban Health Mission in the state from September, government sources said. Odisha-specific diseases such as sickle-cell and flourosis will be prime focus of NUHM, which will run parallel to the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Gradually, NUHM and NRHM will merge under …
Globally, Pakistan has the third highest burden of maternal, fetal, and child mortality. It has made slow progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5 and in addressing common social determinants of health. The country also has huge challenges of political fragility, complex security issues, and natural …
Jaipur: Twelve out of 100 maternal deaths reported in the state are in the age group of 15-19 years. This grim figures are part of the recently released (in May) annual health survey 2011-12 report. The report shows that maternal deaths among 15-19 age group account for 12% of total …
Often criticised for its dismal efforts in preventing infant deaths, India, according to the latest Sample Registration System (SRS) data, has succeeded in reducing deaths of newborns aged 28 days or less. The data shows that in 2011, the country's neonatal mortality rate (NMR) stood at 31 per 1,000 live …
Slum-dwellers in cities will now be able to avail health facilities Urban poor, especially those living in slums, will now have access to primary healthcare services in cities and towns with the Cabinet recently approving the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) to function as a sub-mission under the overarching National …
A common continuing criticism of the economic reforms in India has been that despite accelerated growth and all-around poverty reduction, the country continues to suffer from worse child malnutrition than nearly all Sub-Saharan African countries with lower per capita incomes. This paper argues that this narrative, nearly universally accepted around …
Uttarakhand continues to perform well and Uttar Pradesh poorly on key health indicators as per the findings of the Annual Health Survey (AHS) conducted in 284 districts of nine States. The nine States for which health indicators were released on Friday constitute 50 per cent of the country’s population. While …
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Rs. 22,507-crore National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) that seeks to address healthcare challenges in towns and cities with focus on urban poor. The scheme will now be introduced as a sub-mission under the National Health Mission (NHM). The mission will be implemented in …
