WHO published its World health statistics report 2025, revealing the deeper health impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on loss of lives, longevity and overall health and well-being. In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, global life expectancy fell by 1.8 years—the largest drop in recent history— reversing a …
New Delhi The Planning Commission on Monday approved R 3,200-crore annual Plan for Arunachal Pradesh for the current fiscal year. The state annual Plan was finalised here at a meeting between Commission
Concerned over the high maternal and infant mortality rate in the country, the Centre on Wednesday launched an ambitious programme to provide free services to pregnant women for deliveries and neo-natal care, if needed, up to a month after birth. The facility will be available to all women in government …
The growing health risks associated with greenhouse gas emissions highlight the need for new energy policies that emphasize efficiency and low-carbon energy intensity. The authors assessed the relationships among electricity use, coal consumption, and health outcomes.
In a bid to monitor the immunisation process and ensure its effective implementation, the Union Health Ministry will soon have a system in place to track and verify children who are vaccinated across states. States have been asked to send data of vaccinated children along with mothers
China has slashed AIDS mortality by nearly two-thirds since it began distributing free antiretroviral drugs in 2002, Chinese government scientists are reporting. About 63 percent of all those needing AIDS drugs are getting them, up from virtually zero in 2002. That has caused a 64 percent drop in mortality in
Tamil Nadu Reduced Rate by 46%, West Bengal 37%, Urban Delhi Unchanged Recently released data on infant deaths across states in India has thrown up surprising results, leaving health experts puzzled. Average infant mortality rate for the country as a whole stood at 50 in 2009, down by 30% compared …
The population of the world, long expected to stabilize just above 9 billion in the middle of the century, will instead keep growing and may hit 10.1 billion by the year 2100, the United Nations projected in a report released Tuesday. Children at a community clinic in the village of …
World Health Statistics 2011 contains WHO’s annual compilation of health-related data for its 193 Member States, and includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and associated targets.
What are the world's best and worst places to be a mother? The 12th annual Mothers' Index analyzes health, education and economic conditions for women and children in 164 countries. Norway ranks 1 this year and Afghanistan ranks last. The United States comes in at 31 among the 43 developed …
With a view to bringing down Infant Mortality Rate, 2011 will be observed as Vaccination Day in Madhya Pradesh. This instruction was given by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during the review meeting of the Health Department on Tuesday. He asked the officers concerned to send a proposal to the …
The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was introduced in 2005 in 18 states of the country including Rajasthan. The main focus of the mission was to provide effective healthcare to rural population in the states which have weak public health indicators or weak infrastructure. The goals of the mission include, …
MUMBAI: Despite crores of rupees being pumped into the healthcare machinery, the state has failed to stock adequate essential drugs at health centres. It is this shortage of drugs that experts are attributing to the state's rising infant mortality rate, which is much higher than seven other states, including Mizoram …
ROURKELA: Infant and maternal mortality rates in the tribal-dominated Sundargarh district have been witnessing a remarkable drop. The change has been possible with ASHA workers taking health facilities to remote pockets of the district. Official sources said the district has recorded infant mortality rate (IMR) at less than 35 per …
AHMEDABAD: While sex ratio in India has dipped to a historic low of 914 girls per 1,000 boys in the 0-6 age-group, numbers in Gujarat have a happy story to tell. The ratio in Gujarat has marginally improved from 883 to 886, according to 2011 census report. Gujarat is one …
This paper reviews the literature on health in the informal settlements (and “slums”) that now house a substantial proportion of the urban population in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Although this highlights some important gaps in research, available studies do suggest that urban health inequalities usually begin at birth, are …
Two-thirds of developing countries are on track or close to meeting key targets for tackling extreme poverty and hunger. This year’s Global Monitoring Report 2011: Improving the Odds of Achieving the MDGs by the World Bank delves into country performance and reveals a diverse, and often hopeful, picture. For example, …
