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 …
A UNICEF-supported project on behaviour change communication and child development and nutrition, implemented by the North East Diocesan Social Forum (NEDSF) and visualised as a situational need, has won the confidence of different communities concentrated in three districts of the State namely Barpeta, Bongaigaon and Goalpara. This project undertaken with …
Sri Lanka is a very successful example with regard to child mortality, according to the latest findings on children presented by UNICEF at the fourth SAARC senior officials conference on children. From 1940 to 2005 Sri Lanka
Report an infant's death and get Rs 50 as reward! The Health department has come out with a novel plan to collect data about infant deaths across the state. It will give Rs 50 as reward for every infant death reported by a health worker. The figures so collected will …
The global aid architecture in health has changed over the past decade, with the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and a major expansion of the levels and sources of development assistance, particularly for low-income countries. While key health outcomes such as infant survival and nutritional stunting have improved …
K.V. Prasad Focus on preventing cases of pneumonia 4 lakh children died of pneumonia in India every year Health cards to be provided to children COIMBATORE: A pilot project to create zero infant mortality zones across the State will soon be launched in Coimbatore district. On a call from the …
To further improve child care across the state, the government will provide specialised health services to the new-borns at select 24 x 7 health units. The facility will be available in 36 districts -- 17 selected in 2007 and 19 in 2009. The ambitious programme has been christened Comprehensive Child …
Conceive around December, risk of birth defects is low ideally it is said a woman should be a mother before she turns 30. This keeps the risk of genetically conceived diseases low. Alcohol intake and smoking are maternal risk factors too and should be avoided. Time and again researchers have …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The infant mortality rate (IMR) in the country went down by two percentage points from 57 to 55 per 1,000 live births between 2006 and 2007. While the overall figure has shown a decrease, the number has gone up in Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, the Andaman and Nicobar …
BHUBANESWAR: The State has been able to bring down the infant mortality rate (IMR) by 20 points as against 15 points at the national level. A review on the performance of the IMR Mission by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today revealed that IMR rate, which was 93 per 1,000 …
This WHO annual health report looks at 100 statistics provided by 193 member countries. This year it provides the first assessment of MDGs progress and reveals that deaths of children aged under five years have dropped by 27% globally since 1990. World Health Statistics 2009 contains WHO
Although the country has made significant progress in reducing under-five child mortality, the rates of neonatal and maternal mortality still remain high, creating obstacle to achieving the target of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) four and five by 2015. According to Unicef Country Report 2009, around 12,000 mothers and 120,000 newborn …
Mainstreaming the ayurveda, yoga, unani, siddha, homeopathy systems should imply deep changes in maternity care. Big changes there are, but in the wrong direction. Aiming to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality, the National Rural Health Mission
World Health Day quietly slipped away on Tuesday with no formal programme being organised by the state Health department. Officials attributed the memory loss to the fact that it coincided with a gazetted holiday. Health services across the state have never been robust. With every passing year, it has further …
Infant mortality has been declining slightly in the United States. But 28,000 children under the age of 1 still die every year. The main reason for the high rate is preterm delivery, and there was a 10 percent increase in such births from 2000 to 2006, according to recent figures …
Between India Shining and Jai Ho, through four years of high growth that India became the story of global markets, not much has changed on the ground, it would seem. Between aspirational Indians vying for better and richer lifestyles, there are millions still below the poverty line. India trails badly …
Immunisation programmes make little headway in last five years Despite over 8% GDP growth for past four years, infant mortality rate dropped marginally from 58 in 2004 to 54 in 2008 Bhanu Pande NEW DELHI ELECTIONS COME & GO, GOVERNMENTS change, but it seems that India is just frittering away …
