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A New Direction for Global Health

It is easy to be discouraged about the state of international cooperation today, but global health remains an area in which the world has come together to do significant go...

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Maternal Obesity Linked To Increase Infant Mortality

For clinicians, our findings are more relevant. Antenatal care services and delivery units should give extra caution to overweight and obese women, to minimize risks for th...

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Crusaders against maternal health rights abuse

In a State where health rights is somewhat an alien subject, some 40-odd women, mostly from the tea garden community, are acting as ambassadors of maternal health rights of...

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Chronic Diseases Are Killing More in Poorer Countries

Chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease are rising fast in low- and middle-income countries, striking far younger populations than in rich countries and causing much...

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‘Superbugs’ Kill India’s Babies and Pose an Overseas Threat

AMRAVATI, India — A deadly epidemic that could have global implications is quietly sweeping India, and among its many victims are tens of thousands of newborns dying ...

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Steps Taken by Govt. to Accelerate Pace of Reduction for MMR to Achieve MDG Goals

As per the latest report of the Registrar General of India, Sample Registration System (RGI-SRS), Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) of India has shown a decline from 212 per 1...

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UN Members Resolve To End Child Marriage

There are now more than 700 million women who were married before their 18th birthday. There are now more than 700 million women who were married before their 18th birthday...

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Care the newborn like Kangaroo

The kangaroo mother care (KMC) requires very little investment. While the hospitals and centres have invested in Lycra bands to hold the baby and a recliner for the mother,...

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Grand Challenges India organises workshop on maternal and child health in Mumbai

Globally, over 6 million children under the age of five die each year, and approximately 165 million (26%) of the world’s children have stunted growth jeopardizing su...

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Cases of rising infant deaths in tribal hamlets worry officials

Efforts to counsel Lambada tribal women on the importance of protecting girl child notwithstanding, the Women and Child Welfare Department is worried over the increasing in...

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