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India sees decline in maternal and child deaths

Two-thirds of the global decline in child deaths since 2000 occurred in just nine countries – India, China, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Brazil, Afghani...

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Health

Ending newborn deaths: ensuring every baby survives

The first 24 hours of a child’s life are the most dangerous, with more than one million babies dying each year on their first and only day of life, according to new r...

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Health

Delivering safety

All safe motherhood programmes of the government are focused on institutional deliveries, but health centres are in disarray. Experts suggest ways to reduce deaths during d...

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Environment

Viral diseases to surge in coming years due to climate change, report says

US scientists have warned India of increased incidence of infectious and vector-borne diseases in coming years due to climate change. According to a report on climate chang...

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Health

World Health Day 2014: Prevention and control

World Health Day is observed each year on April 7. The theme chosen for this year is Vector-borne diseases. Vectors are organisms that transmit pathogens and parasites from...

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Health

To Lower Maternal Deaths, India Urged to Reconsider Role of Midwives

In this village 30 miles south of Kolkata, three generations of women have depended on Saira Bewa to deliver their babies. On a languid July afternoon, Ms. Saira, 61, squat...

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Hollywood

Victoria Beckham Donates Daughter’s Clothes To Charity

Twenty-five specially curated outfits pulled together by world renowned designer and mum Victoria Beckham from the wardrobe of arguably the most stylish little girl in the ...

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Health

Non-city residents ‘contributing to high maternal mortality rates in Mumbai’

The maternal mortality rate in Mumbai is being distorted by patients from outside the city, an official has stated. According to Dr Padmaja Keskar, deputy executive health ...

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Health

Maternal Mortality Rate down to 178 from 600

India had a high burden of maternal and child mortality in the 1990s, but has made significant strides in stemming the deaths, a senior health ministry official said on Thu...

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Health

India’s child mortality rate may worsen despite govt efforts

India’s child mortality rate may worsen despite the government’s efforts to lower it because of a dearth of funding, according to the India Philanthropy Report ...

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