Birth Rate is a crude measure of fertility of a population and is a crucial determinant of population growth. It gives the number of live births per thousand population in a given region and year. The Birth Rate at all India level has declined drastically over the last five decades …
In India an estimated 100 crore people have no health cover. Data from the National Health Profile, released in April, show that only 27 per cent Indians have health cover A report released by the World Health Organisation and the World Bank has shown that at least half of the …
The projected expansion in Africa’s child population will necessitate an increase of more than 11 million skilled education and health personnel by 2030, if it is to keep pace with the continent’s unprecedented demographic transition, UNICEF said. Africa’s child population is projected to increase by 170 million between now and …
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has released the 2017 edition of its State of World Population report that discusses gender inequality and inequalities in realizing sexual and reproductive health and rights. The report warns that these inequalities could undermine the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on ending poverty, eliminating preventable deaths …
NIN centenary year fete begins with release of report on urban health One-sixth of India’s adult male population smokes tobacco while nearly a third consumes alcohol, suggest latest findings from the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN). The city-based national-level institute kick-started its centenary year on Tuesday with release of a …
IF DEMOGRAPHY is destiny, as Auguste Comte, a French philosopher, once said, then China has many destinies. As a result of 30 years of the now-relaxed one-child policy, the country has an exceptionally low overall fertility rate: 1.2 according to the census of 2010. (The fertility rate is the number …
Stillbirth, which is defined as a baby born without life at or after 28 weeks gestation, is one of the major problems facing the health sector across the world. It is estimated that about 26 lakh stillbirths occurred globally every year and India accounted for the largest proportion with 5.9 …
Between now and 2050 the planet’s population is expected to rise by a third, from 7.6bn to 9.8bn. Those extra mouths will need feeding, and not just with staples. As people grow richer, their demand for protein rises, particularly for meat and fish. Beef consumption in Asia, for example, is …
BENGALURU: The Congress government is gifting health cover to all its citizens in Karnataka through its Arogya Bhagya scheme to be launched on November 1. The cabinet gave its nod on Monday to the scheme that is expected to benefit 1.4 crore households -or, every individual in the state. This …
‘Information scattered across hospitals needs to be assimilated’ The next big revelation in medicine may come from the known, and not from myriad mixtures in a Petri dish, believes big data proponent and Indian origin doctor Rahul Potluri. Dr. Potluri, whose work in the past suggested that being in a …
60 per cent of ration shops routinely remain closed during working hours. New Delhi: A study on the status of the implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in Delhi has found that the public distribution system (PDS) is not working transparently. The study claimed that even four years …
Temperatures in the Indo-Gangetic Plains would exceed the upper limit of what normally people can tolerate North India, along with parts of Pakistan and Bangladesh, would be among the regions hardest hit by climate change by the end of the century if the business as usual situation of greenhouse gas …
Bengaluru: Eleven districts of Karnataka recorded 837 fresh tuberculosis cases in a week starting July 17 this year, data from the state government's ongoing Active Case Finding initiative, part of the move to make India TB free by 2025, has revealed. "This is worrying as these are confirmed cases. We …
Dr Rakesh K Mishra CCMB director said the finding will help in accelerating efforts for predictive and personalised genomic medicines. Hyderabad: CCMB’s finding on the South Asian population will throw light on diseases unknown to the world so far that were restricted to tribal populations and a few endogamous families. …
Ghana will definitely not be part of African countries with high population rates come 2050. This is according to a report by the United Nations (UN) report which shows that Nigeria will be the leading African economy to have one of the explosive population rates in the world. The report …
Obesity levels in India have more than doubled in children and tripled in adults over the past three decades, according to a new study that health experts say underscores India's twin challenges of malnutrition and bad eating habits. The global study has found that between 1980 and 2015, the prevalence …
According to the United Nations, India's population had grown to 1.33 billion in 2016 Chinese people cheering on their country’s ascent sometimes comfort themselves with the idea that Asia’s other behemoth, India, is years from surpassing China’s population and decades from emerging as a potential economic peer. But Yi Fuxiang, …
Despite the prevailing recession Nigeria is still seen as Africa’s largest economy and one of the fastest-growing in the world. Yet, more than half of the Nigerian population still grapples with extreme poverty, while a small group of elites enjoys ever-growing wealth. This report provides a picture of the current …
LONDON: The Indian population originated from three separate waves of migration from Africa, Iran and Central Asia over a period of 50,000 years, scientists have found using genetic evidence from people alive in the subcontinent today. The Indian Subcontinent harbours huge genetic diversity, in addition to its vast patchwork of …
The ability of Sub-Saharan Africa’s economies to generate enough jobs for its young and growing population rests on the successful implementation of urgent reforms to boost productivity. This is the key finding of the Africa Competitiveness Report 2017. Competitiveness is defined as the set of institutions, policies and factors that …
The 2016 South Africa Demographic and Health Survey (SADHS 2016) is the third DHS survey to be conducted in South Africa in collaboration with the worldwide Demographic and Health Survey Program. A nationally representative sample of over 15,000 dwelling units was selected, and among the approximately 13,000 occupied households, trained …
