Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
PNS | Shimla Himachal was better placed in Infant and Maternal Mortality Rate compared to national and international standards, Health Minister Rajiv Bindal told State Assembly here on Tuesday. He informed the House that the IMR of HP was 19 per thousand births as per the data collected under Integrated …
In an ambitious plan that is projected to usher radical changes in the area of maternal and child care, the State government on Wednesday announced a Rs 180-crore twin-scheme that would ensure special care for the girl child after birth and of the mother since conception. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi …
Encouraged by the response to Nanhi Chhaan, a project to check female foeticide and to promote green cover in Punjab, the Punjab government has agreed to support the initiative. As per the understanding reached among Harsimrat Kaur, wife of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who launched the initiative, the …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Neonatal deaths contribute to 50 per cent under five deaths, despite India having cut its under five mortality rate from 117 to 72 between 1990 and 2007. However, not much progress has been made in addressing health risks for mothers, who are most vulnerable during delivery …
Ranjani Rajendra & Madhavi Rajadhyaksha I TNN Mumbai: Alarmed at the poor health of women and children in Maharashtra, chief minister Ashok Chavan on Thursday announced the setting up of a task force to improve their condition. Chavan made the announcement at the release of UNICEF
Jan. 15: The maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Uttar Pradesh is comparable to that of Sudan and the state, along with eight others, contributes to two-thirds of maternal deaths that occur in India. This has been revealed in the Unicef
JSY is a safe motherhood internention under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) being implemented with the objective of reducing maternal and neo-natal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among the poor pregnant women. JSY is a centrally sponsored scheme and integrates cash assistance with delivery and postdelivery care. The scheme …
Occupational risks, the present nuclear threat, and the potential danger associated with nuclear power have raised concerns regarding the metabolism of plutonium in pregnant women. The researchers measured plutonium levels in the milk teeth of children born between 1951 and 1995 to assess the potential risk that plutonium incorporated by …
Widespread residential pesticide use throughout the United States has resulted in ubiquitous, low-level pesticide exposure. The mix of active pesticide ingredients is changing in response to 2000
Impasse over anganwadi meals ended now all aganwadis in India will have to serve hot, cooked meals to children and pregnant or lactating mothers within two years. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, or ccea, on October 16 told the Ministry of Women and Child Development to arrange for serving …
The three rounds of the National Family Health Survey have generated vast amounts of data, which unfortunately have been subject to only limited critical examination by Indian research scholars, though the opposite is the case with scholars outside India. The nfhs-3, which was conducted in 2005-06, covered many more areas …
Loose regulation, now blamed for ills ranging from the US financial crisis to imports of tainted Chinese goods, is drawing increasing fire from opponents of the Bush administration's environment program. In the final months of President George W. Bush's two terms in office, criticism about the use of regulation instead …
AGRICLUTURE Real growth stems from real reforms, not inaction. The success of Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh validates the principle that sustained reforms and investment in health and infrastructure bring investments that create jobs and markets enabling prosperity. This year the State of the States study reviewed the performance of states …
Environment can lead to a skewed male to female ratio environment can influence the ratio of males to females in plants as well as in human beings, say studies done by two different teams of scientists. In case of plants, it is an aspect of demography balancing the population. For …
The failure of decentralisation, the lack of inter-sectoral coordination, and the undermining of traditional health support are the reasons why the National Rural Health Mission has not delivered what it had set out to achieve.
