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Cradles In Rajasthan For India's Unwanted Babies

Rajasthan, India - In the early morning hours outside a hospital in the city of Bharatpur in Rajasthan, a newborn baby girl - still with her umbilical cord attached - was f...

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Sustainable Development

The United Nations Wants To Crush Extreme Poverty

Negotiators at the United Nations agreed Monday to a set of development goals that aim to end extreme poverty and hunger around the world in the next 15 years, while fighti...

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Health

Opinion: No more excuses — saving maternal and newborn lives

Each day, more than 800 mothers and 15,000 babies continue to die, mostly from preventable causes. The phrase “mostly from preventable causes” is restated in so...

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Health

Low Birth Weight And Premature Delivery Major Causes Of Newborn Deaths In India

The death of every other newborn in India can be traced to either low birth weight (LBW) or premature delivery. The death of every other newborn in India can be traced to e...

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Health

Teenage Pregnancies: Why Adivasi Babies Are Dying In Dadra And Nagar Haveli

In June, 18-year-old Parsula Takre attended the funeral of her first child who she did not have a chance to name. A few villagers gathered and buried her son. Takre gave bi...

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Health

Prioritizing Maternal And Newborn Survival: Time To Look To The Developing World For Affordable Solutions

With America unique among developed and most developing countries in its rising maternal mortality, it's especially encouraging to see significant progress in mothers' and ...

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Health

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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Health

Breastfeed, For Keeping Newborns Free Of Infections

A new study based on data collected from the city claims breastfeeding within one hour of birth prevents neonatal sepsis
Here is another reason for mothers to breastfe...

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Health

A Big Boost For Public Health

Maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) is no longer a major public health problem in the World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia region. The WHO South-East Asia Region...

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Health

Taking Care Of Business.

One day in September, in a small town north of Kampala in Uganda, a young woman, pregnant with twins and still weeks away from full term, arrived at the Maria Maternity War...

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