Toronto to play host to maternal, child health summit in May

Canada will host an international summit on maternal, newborn and child health in Toronto at the end of May, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday.

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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 ...

The Job Of A Filmmaker Is To Afflict The Comfortable And Comfort The Afflicted

MUMBAI, March 14, 2014 – On Saturday, acclaimed Indian filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, blockbuster Nigerian director of note Tunde Kelani, and Oscar-nominated American produc...

Uttarakhand safest for newborns: first annual health survey

The first ever annual health survey (AHS) released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on May 3 rates Uttarakhand as the safest state in India for child to be born...

Eliminating maternal mortality could extend life expectancy in reproductive ages

Maternal death rates represent the single largest health discrepancy between developed and developing populations, with nearly all – over 99%—maternal deaths wo...

Responsible actors can save women’s death, every 90 seconds!

Maternal and child health is one of the most pressing of primary health issues that face our country today. Around 800 women die from pregnancy or childbirth related compli...

Q&A with Joy Lawn: Kangaroo Mother Care

A mother’s touch really cam save a child’s life. That’s the claim behind Kangaroo Mother Care. It’s when a pre-term or low weight baby is literally ...

Supernova- An Interactive Session on Maternal and Child Health Issues in the world of Films, Television and Advertising

The Third Eye a program run by a partnership between Asian Centre for Entertainment Education (ACEE) and Hollywood Health & Society (HH&S), USC, Annenberg, ...