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Health Gives Nod To Use Of Injectable Contraceptives

The Health Ministry has given in principle nod to the introduction of injectable contraceptives for women in the family planning programme. The costs of doing so are still ...

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What Will Kill Us? Not Child Health And Maternal Nutrition

Poor dietary habits and high blood pressure have replaced child and maternal malnutrition, unsafe water, sanitation and lack of hand washing as leading risks for death glob...

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India Fixes Health Goals For Next 15 Years.

India has set itself a challenging target to reduce maternal mortality rate to 70 per 1000 live births, and for neonatal and under-five to 12 and 25 per 1,000 births respec...

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India To Host ‘Call To Action Summit 2015 – Ending Preventable Child And Maternal Deaths’

The Summit will be a platform for 24 nations and the Summit partners to deliberate upon the importance of systems, partnerships, innovations, convergence, and evidence in e...

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Baby Lung Virus Vaccine Trials 'Offer Hope'

The first human trials of a new vaccine to prevent a leading cause of serious illness in babies have been a success, say researchers. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) affe...

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Domestic Violence Affects Maternal And Child Health: Study

A recent research has established the link between domestic violence and pregnancy complications. The study, conducted in 225 villages across 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh,...

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Focus Must Be On Children ‘Left Behind’, Says UN Study

The 11th edition of Progress for Children: Beyond Averages, a UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) report card on child-related Millennium ...

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MD/Phd Student Expanding Research And Advocacy For Health Care In India

UMass Medical School students are working in Gujarat, India, this summer to improve health care in the mostly low-income rural region. They are conducting health disparitie...

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How Camtech India Is Addressing Pressing Healthcare Issues Through Innovation By Integrating Technology And Healthcare

According to the World Health Organisation’s 2014 report, nearly 800 women die every day due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth. Save the Children’s r...

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Environment

Don't Care About Climate Change? What About The Health Of Children?

Climate change is not just an urgent environmental issue; it is having a devastating effect on health. Doctors for the Environment Australia?s (DEA) latest report finds tha...

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