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A Record 290 Million Women, Girls In Poor Nations Are Using Contraception: Report

A record 290.6 million women and girls in the world's poorest nations are using modern methods of contraception, averting millions of unintended pregnancies and unsafe abor...

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Maternal Mortality On A Decline, But Challenges Remain

The number of women dying during pregnancy, childbirth or within six weeks after birth has fallen by 44 per cent since 1990, say United Nations agencies, including the...

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Making Health Care Accessible

Aneema Begum, 61, had the last of her three children 38 years ago. The first two didn’t survive more than a year, and it is after the birth of her last, and only surv...

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Measuring The Millennium Development Goals: Cutting Maternal Deaths

Becoming a mother in sub-Saharan Africa is more dangerous than climbing Mount Everest. In Chad, the odds of dying during pregnancy or childbirth are one in 15; in Sierra Le...

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Where The Girls Are (And Aren’t): #15Girls

The world’s girls are healthier than ever. They live longer and more of them are going to school than at any time in history.In some cases, it starts even before they...

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Tribal Daughters Get Access To Wealth And Health

Members of the Kishori Mandal in Ranchi district get together once every week to review their micro-credit accounting and then discuss issues like eating healthy meals or s...

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The Breast Milk Elixir

Current estimates backed by the World Health Organization and Unicef are that optimal breast-feeding would save 800,000 children’s lives a year in developing countrie...

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The Birds And The Bees And The Sdg

There’s no room for awkward conversations or blushes when it comes to making sure girls across the globe know about sex and their rights to health and education. Ther...

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Health Helpline: Just Dial 104

After the 102 and 108 ambulance services, Odisha, on Tuesday launched 104 Health Helpline in partnership with Ziqitza Healthcare Limited, a professional ambulance service p...

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WHO Issues New Guidance On Preventing And Treating Infections Around The Time Of Childbirth

Bacterial infections around the time of childbirth (peripartum infections) account for about one-tenth of maternal deaths globally. In addition to the high risk of mortalit...

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