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Madhuri Dixit Is Mascot For M.P. Health Campaign

The Madhya Pradesh government has appointed actor Madhuri Dixit as the brand ambassador for its Mamta Abhiyaan (maternal and child health) campaign. Ms. Dixit will kick off...

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Maternal Deaths Falling, But Not Fast Enough: WHO

“There is still one woman dying every one and a half to two minutes somewhere in the world … Because she is trying to give life,” said Marleen Temmerman,...

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Study Blames Anaemia In Maternal, Perinatal Deaths

A study in Nagpur has revealed that anaemia is a big factor in the high Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) as well as perinatal mortality rate (death of foetus after seven month...

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Bangladesh Expands Training Of Midwives To Improve Maternal And Neonatal Health

When midwifery lecturer Farida Yesmin arrived at a hospital in south-west Bangladesh, she was expecting to teach student midwives. She ended up saving a baby’s life. ...

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When Mothers Have Healthy Pregnancies, The Positive Benefits Last A Lifetime

The United States has shown courageous leadership over the last decade on global health. Earlier this year, Congress once again voted to protect the budget for those critic...

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Melinda Gates call for end to newborn death ahead of PM’s maternal health summit

An unacceptable number of newborn babies are dying in poor countries because the developed world simply isn’t investing enough money to save them, says noted philanth...

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Nigeria, others contribute 60% to global maternal deaths

Nigeria and nine other countries contribute about 60 per cent of the global maternal mortality burden, the World Health Organization has said. Media Officer, Development Co...

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Maternal depression symptom rates increase four years after birth of child

Maternal depression is more common four years after the birth of a woman’s first child than at any time during the child’s first year, new research shows. A Mur...

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Leaders From Three Continents Join Fellowship To Bring New, Local Perspectives On International Development To Global Dialogue

“This year’s class of fellows is an impressive crowd that will match the incredible work we saw in the first class of New Voices,” said Andrew Quinn, dire...

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Burden of birth

Maternal deaths in Bihar go unreported, while state claims maternal mortality ratio has decreased Urvi Devi, 20, was in her ninth month of pregnancy. She woke up one night ...

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