-The Indian Express In India, C-section use increased from 9 per cent of births in 2005-6 to 18.5 per cent in 2015-16. Pune: The number of Babies born globally through caesarean section (C-section) almost doubled between 2000 and 2015, according to a series of three papers published in The Lancet Thursday, which also shows that India has had a major increase in the number of such deliveries. A Lancet series that tracks...
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Fact check: When PM Modi got Swachh Bharat Mission impact a bit wrong -Abantika Ghosh
-The Indian Express PM Modi said, “World Health Organisation has said that 3 lakh deaths of Babies have been averted by the Swachh Bharat Mission." However, he overstated the facts, albeit by a small margin. New Delhi: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to a World Health Organisation report lauding Swachh Bharat Mission for saving the lives of 3 lakh Babies in his Independence Day speech on Wednesday, he had overstated the...
More »As Kerala HC Supports Photo of Breastfeeding, Data Say Too Few Mothers Practice It
-TheWire.in The national average of infants in the age group six to 23 months who receive an adequate diet is a shocking 9.6%. New Delhi: The image of a woman breastfeeding on the cover of a popular Malayalam magazine Grihalakshmi was too much for some to bear. A case was even filed in Kerala high court over it. However, the court recently came out in support of the publication, refusing to...
More »Infant deaths: 111 dead in five months in Adani-run hospital, probe ordered
-PTI According to data shared by hospital superintendent G S Rao, out of 777 newborn Babies (both admitted post-birth and those born in the hospital) between January 1 and May 20, 111 did not survive, which shows a mortality rate of 14 per cent. Bhuj (Gujarat): The Gujarat government on Friday ordered an inquiry into the deaths of 111 newborns in five months at the Adani Education and Research Foundation-run G K...
More »Dr. Samir Chaudhuri, paediatrician and founder of Child in Need Institute (CINI), interviewed by Civil Society News (New Delhi)
-Civil Society News New Delhi: In 1974, Dr Samir Chaudhuri, a paediatrician working in Kolkata’s slums, founded Child in Need Institute (CINI) to tackle the many dimensions of child malnutrition. It struck him at the time that malnutrition wasn’t just a clinical problem but a complex phenomenon rooted in gender issues. Over the years, led by Dr Chaudhuri, CINI developed deep understanding of the social, economic and political underpinnings of malnutrition...
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