-Press Information Bureau/ Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Health Minister, has said that the government is confident of reducing the newborn (birth to 28 days) mortality rate to single digit long before the 2030 target date. The present death rate is 29 per 1,000 live births. For this are required simple, cost-effective interventions before and immediately after delivery. Inaugurating the Indian Newborn Action Plan (INAP) here today,...
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Investment in midwifery can save millions of lives of women and newborns
-WHO, UNFPA, International Confederation of midwives PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - A report released today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund together with the International Confederation of midwives (ICM), WHO and partners reveals that major deficits in the midwifery workforce occur in 73 countries where these services are most desperately needed. The report recommends new strategies to address these deficits and save millions of lives of women and newborns. The 73 African,...
More »India has maximum infant deaths in the world -Kundan Pandey
-Down to Earth Lancet study says 5.5 million infant deaths in the world go unrecorded Every year, more than 750,000 children in India die before completing the first year of their lives. The number is more than that of any other country in the world. A research led by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine states India recorded 779,000 deaths in 2012. It was followed by Nigeria with 276,000 deaths, Pakistan with...
More »Average Indian lives longer now: WHO
The latest WHO report entitled World Health Statistics 2014 delineates the performance made on the health front by India vis-à-vis other nations between 1990 and 2012. It also presents the challenges that the new government at the Centre should try to resolve. In India, life expectancy at birth (both sexes, in years) has increased from 58 in 1990 to 66 in 2012. While life expectancy at birth for men rose from 57...
More »Services at 23 more primary health centres go online now -Ranjana Diggikar
-The Times of India AURANGABAD: The Aurangabad district administration and the Zilla Parishad (ZP) after introducing a novel online health service system at two primary health centres (PHCs) in the district in September 2013 is all set to launch the e-governance system at 23 PHCs. It will help monitor and ensure accountability and transparency on the part of the centres and to provide information to help people get quality and timely...
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