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When you visit your baby’s doctor for the first time, he or she educates you about the vaccines your child would need. The thought of so many painful injections every few weeks/months hurting your...
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Healthcare achievements of post-independent India
Health is wealth. In recent years, India appears to have finally internalized this old adage to apply the much-needed and long-awaited focus on the health of its citizenry. In 2005, Prime Minister...
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International Women’s Day 2013: Aren’t you ashamed to be Indian?
Today is International Women’s Day but as far as our nation is concerned it’s a bloody farce. The main UN theme ‘A promise is a promise: End violence against women’ rings hollow in this country where...
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World Population Day 2013: Dangers of adolescent pregnancies
The focus of this year’s World Population Day is on the dangers of adolescent pregnancies and how it’s both a public health and developmental problem. It’s estimated that four million girls between the...
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Pregnancy can be a difficult time for most women. With morning sickness and nervousness all rolled into one, the stress of having a healthy baby can wreak havoc in a woman’s life. According to the...
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Bangalore, June 11 (IANS): Specialist doctors favour low-cost devices to reduce maternal mortality and ensure better healthcare for women in India. ‘By using low-cost devices, quality healthcare can be...
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PM Manmohan Singh claims NRHM showing good results
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) had started showing good results and had helped bring down both maternal and infant mortality rates. ‘We had...
View Article4 out of every 10 child bride in the world is Indian
The National Family Health Survey 3 found that 46% of Indian women between the ages of 18 and 49 were married before they were 18. There are around 23 million child brides in the country accounting for...
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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 Thursday. ‘In the 1990s, India’s...
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The Gaza violence could affect pregnant women adversely: UN body
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) expressed its deep concern about the impact of the ongoing Gaza conflict on women’s health and access to safe births. ‘Reports of the destruction of hospitals...
View ArticleWHO confirms women face sexual abuse even during childbirth!
Childbirth is one of the most difficult times in a woman’s life but according to a study by World Health Organisation (WHO) women face both physical and sexual abuse in health facilities during...
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Himachal Pradesh has failed to provide 24-hour maternal healthcare facilities at 84% of its primary health centres, mainly in rural areas, under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), the...
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Every five minutes, at least one Indian woman dies during pregnancy and childbirth, the World Health Organisation said on Sunday. According to WHO, of the 529,000 maternal deaths occurring every year,...
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According to new data released by the registrar general of India, with Kerala leading the table, maternal deaths have reduced from 167 in 2011-13 to 130 (per 100,000 live births) in 2014-16. The Office...
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World Population Day 2017: Dangers of adolescent pregnancies
World Population Day is celebrated on July 11 every year. It’s estimated that four million girls between the ages of 15-19 give birth in India every year and pregnancies in that age are riddled with...
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PM Manmohan Singh claims NRHM showing good results
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) had started showing good results and had helped bring down both maternal and infant mortality rates. ‘We had...
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Is your pregnancy high-risk? (Expert interview)
Pregnancy can be a difficult time for most women. With morning sickness and nervousness all rolled into one, the stress of having a healthy baby can wreak havoc in a woman’s life. According to the...
View Article4 out of every 10 child bride in the world is Indian
The National Family Health Survey 3 found that 46% of Indian women between the ages of 18 and 49 were married before they were 18. There are around 23 million child brides in the country accounting for...
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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 Thursday. ‘In the 1990s, India’s...
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The Gaza violence could affect pregnant women adversely: UN body
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) expressed its deep concern about the impact of the ongoing Gaza conflict on women’s health and access to safe births. ‘Reports of the destruction of hospitals...
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