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Govt To Launch Four Health Schemes On Gandhi Jayanti

Health department will launch schemes like "Family Centre Care" for better care of pre-mature babies and underweight babies in sick newborn care units (SNCUs), e-Saadhan fo...

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Keeping Tab On Child, Maternal Health Gets Smarter In Raj

Accredited social health activists (ASHAs) and Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) carrying heavy registers with hand-written details on pregnant women, antenatal care, post-na...

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Maternal Mortality Rate In Five Districts 55% Higher Than State Average

A 13-year-old girl in Koppal who was married off at the age of 12 and got pregnant when she was 13, died even before she could get a grasp on life. While her body couldn't ...

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Maternal Deaths Come Down In Haryana

After a decline in the infant mortality rate, the health department has recorded a 28.8 % decrease in maternal mortality rate during 2015-16, though it is more than Delhi's...

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Need For A Robust Steel Framework For Health In India

The latest edition of Unicef’s State of the World’s Children report suggests that 1.2 million children under the age of five died of totally preventable disease...

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Give Your Maternal Streak A Chance

Lactation Consultant may be a career path which is not talked about a lot but for those who find their calling in the nursing field, it could be an option. Dr Preeti Gangan...

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India Among Five Countries That Will See High Under-5 Deaths: UN

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Congo and Angola will account for more than half of global under-five deaths by 2030, according to a UN report which said 69 million children belo...

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BLOG: 7 Rights Every Pregnant Woman In India Should Know About

The Indian government and health system have been derided for not being able to reduce the number of maternal deaths, despite the growth in economy.
Interestingly, in ...

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11 Maternal Health Issues You Have Never Heard About

When I first became pregnant, I had a lot of fears. I worried whether or not I would be a good mom, if my baby would be healthy, and if I would be able to get that complica...

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The 'Avon Ladies' Of Pakistan Selling Contraception Door To Door

A scheme training local women to deliver birth control pills to homes hopes to reduce maternal mortality and poverty
rom 8am to 4pm, 25-year-old Samina Khaskheli trav...

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