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 …
NEW DELHI: Chairing the meeting of the full Planning Commission for mid-term appraisal of the Eleventh Plan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pointed out that the exercise not only presents a report card of the government's achievements but also
The Economic Survey Report 2009-10 of the state in the field of health is replete with discrepancies with different figures regarding the same issue written on separate pages and even on the same page. The survey report, released by Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather along with the Budget a few …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as Orissa continues to struggle with high infant and maternal mortality rates, the latest evaluation report of the National Rural Health Mission has revealed the failures of the State health apparatus. Beset with a high MMR of 303, the State has to ensure earnest implementation of Janani Suraksha …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Managing Director General Rajat M Nag on Thursday said that the way India's growing, it is quite possible that by year 2020 it will become world's third largest economy. "In 2008, India ranked world's 12th largest economy at $1.2 trillion. As it grows further in …
LALIT SHASTRI The Madhya Pradesh minister for health and family welfare, Anup Mishra admitted in the Assembly that the infant mortality rate was high in the state but at the same time pointed out that it is wrong to draw a conclusion on the basis of a sample survey. No …
In what can be considered good news in the field of child care in Assam, the State Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has come down to 48 per thousand from the 65 per thousand in the year 2005. State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while announcing this at the inaugural function …
NEW DELHI: Delhi Finance and Planning Minister A. K. Walia on Tuesday released the Delhi Statistical Handbook-2009 according to which there has been an increase of Rs.8,452 in per capita income in Delhi. It was Rs.70,238 in 2006-07 and Rs.78,690 in 2007-08 at current prices and much higher than the …
Improved public transport in Delhi has stabilised the growth rate of two- wheelers in the national Capital. The Delhi Statistical Hand Book 2009 released by Finance Minister Dr Ashok Kumar Walia on Tuesday, clearly shows stabilised growth rate of two-wheelers
This report, which would jointly prepared by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank and the UN Development Programme, illustrates the negative impacts of the global economic crisis on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals in the Asia-Pacific region and identifies opportunities …
India has the maximum number of women dying in the Asia-Pacific region because of discriminatory treatment in access to health and nutrition and sex-selective abortion, according to a report prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that reveals shocking levels of gender disparity in the country. In 2007, the …
Admitting to the highest infant mortality rate in the country, Madhya Pradesh today said that 130,233 children died in the state before attaining the age of five between 2005 and 2009. During the same period, the state received Rs 1601.80 crore in grants from the Centre under the National Rural …
All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary and former Chief Minister Digvijay Singh expressed serious concern over the report submitted to United Nations Human Rights Council by The Asian Legal Resources Centre (ALRC). The report said that Madhya Pradesh is number one in child mortality rate in the whole world! …
Using the estimates of child survival probability obtained on the basis of "children ever born" and "children surviving" data collected at different population census, this article analyzes progress towards child survival in Madhya Pradesh during the two decades between 1981 and 2001.
Concerned by the lack of substantial steps by states to control infant deaths in the country, the 13th Finance Commission has recommended linking states
