-The United Nations People everywhere are living longer, the United Nations health agency today reported, mostly because fewer children are dying, certain diseases are in check, and tobacco use is down, but conditions in low-income countries continue to plague life quality there. According to the UN World Health Organization's (WHO) World Health Statistics 2014, a girl born in 2012 can expect to live around 73 years and a boy to the...
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Too many people still lack basic drinking water and sanitation –UN report
-The United Nations Despite a narrowing disparity in access to cleaner water and better sanitation between rural and urban areas, sharp inequalities still persist around the world, says a new United Nations report. According to the 2014 Joint Monitoring Report on global progress against the millennium development goal (MDG) on water and sanitation, more than half of the global population lives in cities, and urban areas are still better supplied with improved...
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-IANS India carried the biggest burden of maternal deaths globally, according to a UN report. Seventeen percent or nearly 50,000 of the 2.89 lakh women who died as a result of complications due to pregnancy or childbearing in 2013 were in India, the report said. The report said that 10 countries led by India carry most of the burden at 60 percent of the entire deaths, according to an official release Wednesday. While Nigeria...
More »Maternal death rates fall but chronic diseases increase pregnancy risk –UN agency
-The United Nations Rates of maternal deaths are down, according to United Nations figures released today, but pre-existing medical conditions heighten the risk of death for pregnant women and require continued investment in quality care during pregnancy and childbirth. An estimated 289,000 women died in 2013 from complications in pregnancy and childbirth, down from 523,000 in 1990, according to the UN World Health Organization's (WHO) Trends in maternal mortality estimates 1990 to...
More »India saw 50,000 maternal deaths in 2013-Nikita Mehta
-Live Mint India had the highest number of maternal deaths according to the latest UN report New Delhi: India had the highest number of maternal deaths, accounting for almost a fifth of the global total in 2013, according to the latest UN report. In 2013, maternal deaths in India stood at 50,000, or 17% of such deaths across the world, the report said. Global maternal mortality has, however, dropped 45% in 2013 compared...
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