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Melinda Gates: Still Work To Do In Maternal, Newborn Health

Eight hundred women die every day globally from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, despite great strides in that area, philanthropist Melinda Gates said Monday. Ga...

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Change In NHM Funding Pattern? Tweak In Funds May Affect Health

Despite a number of schemes announced by the erstwhile UPA government coming under attack from the BJP-led NDA government, the success of 10-year-old National Health Missio...

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Health Helpline: Just Dial 104

After the 102 and 108 ambulance services, Odisha, on Tuesday launched 104 Health Helpline in partnership with Ziqitza Healthcare Limited, a professional ambulance service p...

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Investing In Health Workforces: The Path Towards The Sdgs Starts Here

Last month marked a transition from one era of global health and development to the next. Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals were agreed by 193 heads of...

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Why Healthy Mothers Matter.

Healthy mothers give birth to healthy children who grow up to be productive adults. By contrast, women who begin pregnancy too thin and do not gain enough weight during pre...

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WHO Issues New Guidance On Preventing And Treating Infections Around The Time Of Childbirth

Bacterial infections around the time of childbirth (peripartum infections) account for about one-tenth of maternal deaths globally. In addition to the high risk of mortalit...

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Philips To Deploy MOM & Mobility Sanjeevini On Pilot Basis In India To Stall Maternal-Foetal Fatalities

Philips Innovation Centre (PIC) has now spurred the digital health space with its mobile obstetrical monitoring (MOM) and Mobility Sanjeevini solutions to stall maternal an...

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Creating Real Change For Women And Children In The World's Poorest Communities Requires Innovative Partnerships-

In Kenya, one of the countries where my organization, World Health Partners, works, an average of 17 women die every day from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.Eac...

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Poor Mortality Ratio Puts U??hand Among Worst 8 States: Survey

Maternal deaths have reduced up to 45% since 1990 across the globe, according to the latest data of World Health Organization (WHO). However, every day approximately 800 wo...

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Reproductive Freedom For The World's Poorest Women

At the heart of maternal health and child survival is a healthy woman. Protecting every woman’s right to access family planning and reproductive-health services is cr...

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