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Infants to get free treatment till age one in Rajasthan

Extending the scope of the Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojana (JSSY) with an aim to bring down the infant mortality rate (IMR) in the State, the Rajasthan government has decided...

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More Indians will discover the fun in philanthropy: Melinda Gates

Asked recently what he admired most about his wife, Bill Gates replied that it was her “people dynamics”. Melinda Gates, who mingles comfortably with women heal...

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Mum's health plays greater part in preemie babies

AN INTERNATIONAL study on premature babies has found medical conditions such as chronic hypertension and pre-eclampsia play a greater role in the untimely birth and not the...

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One Woman's Work to Highlight the True Cost of a Mother's Life Lost

The last time Faridah Luyiga Mwanje saw her sister Remie alive, she was preparing to give birth to her fourth child at a top private hospital in Kampala, Uganda. Remie bled...

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Emma Bunton Launches 9th Annual Pampers UNICEF 1 Pack = 1 Vaccine Campaign

Celebrity mum Emma Bunton is inviting parents across the UK and Ireland to join together and support the launch of the 9th Pampers and UNICEF ?? pack = 1 vaccine??campaign ...

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Kajol speaks on child health at UN summit

Actress Kajol was at the Big Apple on Monday to attend the 69th annual United Nations General Assembly summit where she spoke on maternal and newborn health as well as the ...

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Why the Health of Mothers and Newborns Is Inseparable

I visited Maryam when her baby was 2 weeks old. I had been meaning to go sooner, but the steep, icy roads up to her ‘house’ in Kabul prohibited an earlier visit...

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Flu shots effective in pregnant women with or without HIV

Tests conducted in 2011 and 2012 show that the influenza vaccine effectively prevents flu infections in pregnant women, whether or not they are infected with HIV. Vaccinati...

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Whooping cough vaccine safe for pregnant women

Pregnant women in their third trimester can safely receive the whooping cough vaccine to prevent infections in newborns, a recent study from the UK suggests. Whooping cough...

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Ewan McGregor Reads Baby Book For UNICEF

Mums of all Scottish newborn babies are set to receive a free baby book from UNICEF as part of the Glasgow 2014 legacy ambitions to improve the wellbeing of children in Sco...

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