Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
More midwives needed: An additional 350,000 midwives are needed to ensure 95 per cent of the 160 million births the world over in a year are attended by trained health workers. As per the International Confederation of Midwives and WHO, maternal mortality is the
Researchers in Cameroon, led by Judith Anchang-Kimbi of the University of Buea, have found that testing placental tissue shortly after birth is the best way to accurately diagnose malaria in pregnant women. Medical staff across Sub-Saharan Africa have struggled to diagnose specific types of malaria parasites in pregnant women, who …
Seven women die every day in Orissa due to pregnancy-related causes. The Union government's Janani Surakshya Yojana (JSY) is a scheme which seeks to prevent maternal mortality, but it is feeble. Despite an incentive of Rs 1,400 in rural areas and Rs1,000 in urban areas for an institutional delivery, more …
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 …
The Lahore High Court directed the Federal and Punjab health department and Jamia Ashrafia to submit their replies by June 27 in a petition challenging the use of unhealthy salts in making of chips commonly sold in the market. The petitioner Qari Sanaullah has questioned the fatwa given by Jamia …
Pregnant women who get swine flu are at such high risk of complications like pneumonia, dehydration and premature labor that they should be treated at once with the antiviral drug Tamiflu
The high rate of maternal death has been arrested in the district and mothers enjoy comfortable healthcare, claims a medical expert. Dr Abdul Karim while talking to Dawn, on the occasion of the World Mother
At least 3,000 pregnant women have fled the fighting in northern Sri Lanka in recent days and some 350 will give birth in the next month, according to estimates by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. With health services increasingly challenged by the influx of internally displaced persons (IDPs), UNFPA …
Chickenpox is a rather common infectious illness among children, particularly those under the age of 12 years. The maximum incidence of the disease is in those aged 1-6 years while children older than 14 years account for only about 10% of cases. Annual global incidence is estimated to be around …
Fresh efforts and funding to tackle malaria in recent years have brought the goal of eradicating the deadly disease within sight, health experts said on Friday. Wiping out malaria worldwide could take decades but many countries where it is endemic are on the brink of eliminating the disease, which infects …
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 …
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
Julah Majra in Nawanshahr district is one of the few villages in Punjab where one gets to savour an unusual sight. As the final bell rings at the government school here, hundreds of girls, clearly outnumbering the boys, tramp out of the classrooms.
Speakers at a workshop yesterday stressed the need for community participation to ensure safe motherhood. Highlighting the present maternal mortality and morbidity situation, they stressed the need for reactivating community clinics with adequate manpower and logistics so that the pregnant women have easy access to healthcare facilities. The theme of …
The National Rural Health Mission, a scheme under the Union government to provide effective healthcare to the rural populace, is likely to get extended up to 2017, as certain programmes under the scheme were very well responded to in some parts of the country. The scheme was launched in the …
This recent study conducted by Professor David Rich and colleagues from the School of Public Health in Piscataway, New Jersey, found that exposure to traffic pollution could affect fetal development and lead to an increased chance of having a small baby. This study suggest that ambient air pollution, perhaps specifically …
