India turns spotlight on adolescent health
“India has demonstrated very strong leadership in positioning adolescent health as part of continuum of care. India has taken the
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Strengthening the care of the newborn
Tamil Nadu has come to realise in a most tragic manner the high mortality risk faced by preterm babies (those
Read MoreEditorial: Sterilisation targets endanger lives
It is at once sobering and shocking that the sterilisation procedures (laparoscopic tubectomy) carried out on 83 women at a
Read More‘India has the potential to end all preventable child deaths’
Dr Mickey Chopra, global head of UNICEF’s health programmes explained to me why he was very encouraged by the
Read MoreCoverage of antenatal care in India has to be increased: WHO
In 2013, globally, preterm birth complications were responsible for 15 per cent (0.96 million) of deaths in children under
Read MorePreterm births and pneumonia kill most children under five years in India
Of the 6.3 million deaths in children under the age of five years, nearly 44 per cent of deaths
Read More‘There is fantastic immunisation coverage in India’
Both child and maternal mortality have reduced by 50 per cent since 1990, and compared with previous decades, the average
Read MoreFastest decline in child mortality rates witnessed
New data released today (September 16) by the United Nations Organisation show that under-five mortality rates have dropped by
Read MoreIndia scores by battling HIV/AIDS but falls short fighting TB and malaria
The global burden and mortality from HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria across the world, and in the developing countries in particular,
Read MoreKeeping girls in school cuts child, maternal mortality
“Educate them [girls] and empower them and keep them in school as long as you can and those women
Read MoreBangladesh: women’s education cuts maternal, child mortality
Bangladesh is a classic case of how a low- and middle-income country can achieve something which others have failed to.
Read MoreFinally, neonatal mortality prevention gains attention
Following the approval of the Every Newborn Action Plan by the ministers last month in the World Health Assembly,
Read MoreTen countries that were on a fast-track to achieve the MDG 4 & 5 goalss
While a majority of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are struggling to meet the Millennium Development Goal 4 and
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