-The Hindu Kerala has the lowest MMR of 46, followed by Maharashtra with 61 and Tamil Nadu 66 Chennai: The latest Sample Registration System (SRS) data indicating the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) has brought glad tidings. As per the data, the MMR (number of maternal deaths per 1,00,000 live births) has dropped from 167 (in 2011-2013, the last SRS period) to 130 for the country. This 28% drop is an achievement arising from...
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Kerala's maternal mortality rate drops to 46, govt aims 30 by 2020 -Vishnu Varma
-The Indian Express Dr Venugopal, an obstetrician and secretary general of KFOG, said the state's health apparatus showed progress as a result of 'systemic actions' adopted by doctors and government officials. Kochi: Kerala’s superior health infrastructure and its advances in improving delivery care facilities and nutritional level among pregnant women have resulted in further reduction of the maternal mortality rate (MMR) (proportion of maternal deaths per 1 lakh live births) in the...
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-The Indian Express Officials said Devi was suffering from parenchymal haematoma, or bleeding inside the brain, for which she was treated at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi. Further, they said, her bank account had Rs 2,375. Mangargaddi (Giridih): THE JHARKHAND government has cited medical and bank records to deny reports that the death of a woman in Giridih last week was due to starvation. But her family maintains...
More »Farmers are not getting a fair price -Vikas Vasudeva
-The Hindu Why the drop in rates? Garlic has been the latest casualty of the price crash in the vegetable market after poor returns of tomato and potato crops forced many farmers to abandon their produce owing to a bumper output in recent days. The miseries of financially distressed farmers seem far from over even as they continue to demand waiver of farm loans and remunerative prices for their produce through several...
More »How Yogendra Yadav's Youth for Swaraj is taking urban students to India's villages -Kritika Sharma
-ThePrint.in Yadav’s socio-political platform Youth for Swaraj has been providing a chance to India’s youngsters to work at the grass-root level and study the agrarian crisis. New Delhi: In an age when youngsters are generally known to prefer professional courses such as management and engineering, there are some interested in working at the grassroots level and studying the agrarian crisis in the country. And academic-turned-political activist Yogendra Yadav’s socio-political platform Youth for Swaraj...
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