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 Lieutenant General in the Army rides a cycle to office and back twice a week. Not only does Commandant of the College of Military Engineering (CME), Lt Gen U S P Sinha, cycle five kilometres from home to office on Wednesdays and Saturdays, but all other officers and students …
GUWAHATI, Sept 14 - Growing dust pollution is posing a serious health hazard to the citizens of Guwahati. The dust, together with vehicular emissions, forms a toxic haze that looms over the atmosphere for a prolonged period. matter (RPM) in the air has been found to be high in the …
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 …
Though the maternal mortality rate (MMR) has dropped in Uttar Pardesh, its gap with the national average is growing. This was indicated in the detailed scenario of maternal health care presented at a public interaction programme organised by Mahila Swasthya Adhikar Manch and Health Watch UP at Ganna Sansthan auditorium …
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 …
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 …
SONEPUR: Maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Sonepur has registered a sharp rise. As per a survey, in 2005, 208 maternal mortality cases were reported which went up to 279 in 2006. In 2007, MMR count stood at 283. Of the total deaths, 47.8 per cent women were below 18 years …
PNS | Shimla Himachal was better placed in Infant and Maternal Mortality Rate compared to national and international standards, Health Minister Rajiv Bindal told State Assembly here on Tuesday. He informed the House that the IMR of HP was 19 per thousand births as per the data collected under Integrated …
Jan. 15: The maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Uttar Pradesh is comparable to that of Sudan and the state, along with eight others, contributes to two-thirds of maternal deaths that occur in India. This has been revealed in the Unicef
