The device called “AJO-Neo” is developed by Professor Samir K. Pal &his group at S.N. Bose National Centre For Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS), Kolkata, an autonomous research Institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. According to the study conducted by the SNBNCBS team in NRS medical …
The government has extended ban on import of milk and its production from China for one more year. A notification to this effect was issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade late Monday evening which says that milk and its products would continue to be banned from China until …
JAIPUR: With the launch of Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojna (JSSY), the state government has succeeded in increasing the number of institutional deliveries.The state government figure shows, since the launch of JSSY in September 2011 , the state government has registered over 5.30 lakh institutional deliveries upto May 25, 2012. Rajasthan …
JAIPUR: With an aim to strengthen the pregnancy and child tracking system (PCTS), which earned the state government a national award for e-governance for the year 2011-12 for its uniqueness and efficiency in tracking each and every pregnant and infant in the state, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has …
Four suspected cases of female infanticide in Jaisalmer this month In a severe blow to the Rajasthan government’s campaign to save the girl child, four suspected cases of female infanticide have come up in Jaisalmer district since early this month. The shocking cases involve newborn girls either being starved to …
NEW DELHI, 11 JUNE: The government today withdrew the ban on exports of skimmed milk powder (SMP) to improve finances of dairy firms and help milk producers. Earlier this month, the government had decided to lift export ban on SMP amid surplus availability of milk. “Classifications of export and import …
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered a probe following reports that as many as 358 children had died in Srinagar’s premier children’s hospital since January 2012. It admitted to 35 deaths having occurred in the last fortnight alone. Chief minister Omar Abdullah tweeted, “The Cabinet (which met here …
JAIPUR: A division bench of the high court issued a showcause notice to as many as 13 mobile companies besides central and state authorities on the issue of health hazards being caused by high frequency radiations emitted by mobile towers posing serious threat to public health and safety. The court …
women working in mining or stone crushing units often give opium to their infants to keep them quiet while they are working. JAIPUR: A report prepared by a few NGOs on child labour in Rajasthan has claimed that women working in mining or stone crushing units often give opium to …
The spectre of infant deaths continued to haunt government hospitals in West Bengal, with 19 cases reported in Malda and Bankura over the past two days. While nine infants died in the Malda Medical College and Hospital, 10 children were reported dead in the Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital. …
JAIPUR: Jay Naidoo, chair of the GAIN Board, South Africa said 60 million children in India are malnourished, which is higher than the total population of South Africa. Naidoo was in the city at the launch of fortified wheat flour and fortified edible oil for sale in open market. He …
With five more babies dying at the State-run Malda Medical College and Hospital on Monday, the number of children died in the facility over the past week has reached 32. West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan told journalists here that the State government was deeply concerned about the deaths and Chief …
The death toll of infants in the last seven days has risen to 21 with five more newborn dying on Thursday in the government-run Malda Sadar Hospital here, according to acting superintendent of the hospital M.A. Rashid. He said the cause of the death of the five new born babies, …
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights today issued a notice to West Bengal Government on the shocking incident in Lalbag sub-divisional hospital where a woman was swabbed with acid resulting in the death of her newborn. Sikha Bibi was admitted to the hospital in Murshidabad for a delivery …
JAIPUR: The death of two infants in Nagaur district due to contaminated measles vaccine has shaken the medical and health department as they have decided to issue fresh guidelines for the vaccination programme in the state. The department has directed all primary health centres to destroy vaccines which remained open …
The recent move of Ann Veneman, former executive director of Unicef, to Nestle Board has left nutrition campaign groups worried. While Unicef supports breastfeeding, Nestle, the food and drinks giant, undermines it. Before she joined Nestle Board on April 13, nutrition advocacy groups International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) and …
The Health and Family Welfare Department of the state government has said that the deaths of infants in Kullu and Hamirpur districts did not occur due to administration of DPT vaccine. Director Health Services Dr. Vinod Pathak, however, said, as a precautionary measure, the batch of vaccines of DPT numbered …
Significant programmatic experience and research evidence regarding HIV and infant feeding have accumulated since WHO's recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV were last revised in 2006. In particular, evidence has been reported that antiretroviral (ARV) interventions to either the HIV-infected mother or HIV-exposed infant can significantly reduce …
Condition Can Now Be Diagnosed 6 Weeks After Birth Instead Of 18 Months New Delhi: A simple blood test is now helping India identify the status of children born to HIV positive mothers as early as six weeks after their birth, instead of 18 months. Till recently, paediatricians in India, …
Only 5 Years Left To Meet The Target Of Millennium Development Goals At the beginning of this millennium in year 2000, 189 countries and 23 international health agencies had pledged to reduce child under-5 mortality by two-thirds and maternal mortality by three-fourths by 2015. These were called the Millennium Development …
