India accounts for 3,09,000 baby deaths every year on the first day of their birth, 29 per cent of such deaths around the world. What are the factors responsible for this and how can it be fixed? Save the Children's advocacy director Nirupama Sarma joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue.
Q. What are the factors responsible for this and how can it be fixed? Asked by: yamini
A. The fact that India alone accounts for 29 percent of the world's newborn deaths is a big challenge but at the same time an opportunity to change things too. Many challenges remain including overlapping government structures, lack of accountability of service providers, inequities in service delivery, health worker shortages and capacities, rapid urbanization and policies that currently prohibit the use of some of the most effective interventions to save babies, such as chlorhexidine, Kangaroo Mother Care and antenatal steroids....
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06:25 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: More than 4,00,000 babies across South Asia die right after their birth, reveals a new study. The report also indicates that chronic malnourishment which leads to mental or physical impairment is particularly severe in the region. The report's birth day risk index shows that of the one million babies who die each year on the day they are born, almost 40 per cent of these are in India,...
11:36 AM, May 07, 2013
The title of the video on YouTube says, "One of the most wonderful videos you'll watch!" and you can't help but agree. ...
02:32 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Watch this wonderful video of a newborn baby being given a bath. ...
02:14 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Nagaon: The body of a new-born was recovered from a hospital dustbin in Nagaon town of Assam on Saturday. The body was spotted at around 11 am from the bin near one of the gates at the Bhogeswari Phukanani Civil Hospital, police sources said. Some people noticed a few stray dogs rummaging through the dustbin and tugging at the body. They chased away the dogs. Hospital authorities said the half-eaten...
08:56 PM, Nov 17, 2012
Chennai: Most parents welcome their newborns with affection and much joy. However, this baby girl was not. Hours after she was born, the infants mother packed her in a polythene bag and tried to throw her out of a moving train. But the baby was saved. Commuters, who were alerted by the infants wails, thwarted the mothers attempt to hurl the bag out of a moving train on Wednesday. The...
12:27 PM, Aug 09, 2012
London: A newborn girl who was abandoned under a bridge in Ghana has been saved by a farm dog who spent a night guarding the helpless child, it was reported in London. The two-week old baby was found snuggling against the animal in Winkongo, near Bolgatanga in the upper east regional capital of Ghana, Daily Mail reported on Saturday. When the unlikely pair were discovered, doctors said the little girl...
11:40 PM, Jun 10, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: In a horrifying act, a 24-year old hospital canteen worker killed her newborn girl and stashed the body in a handbag on Thursday, intending to dispose it, police said. The woman gave birth to the girl in the bathroom of the hostel where she was staying and choked the infant to death, the police said. She kept it inside the bag intending to dispose off the body. The incident...
11:52 PM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: Despite a significant increase in women and child healthcare in India, more than nine lakh children in the country still die every year before becoming one-month-old, says a new global report. The study, conducted by experts at the World Health Organisation, Save the Children and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, is said to be the most comprehensive estimate to date, covering all 193 WHO member...
06:13 PM, Aug 31, 2011
The average weight of a newborn in India is 2.5 kilograms to 3.5 kilograms. ...
11:22 AM, Feb 10, 2011
One child of a twin pair was born in late hours of Dec 31, 2010, while the other was born at midnight, when 2011 started. ...
11:06 AM, Jan 05, 2011
The woman was identified as Amandeep Kaur Mann, a resident of Punjab's Hoshiarpur town. ...
09:09 AM, Jul 08, 2010
Hospital authorities have been denying the allegation. ...
05:26 PM, Jan 23, 2010
Parents allege that faulty incubators was the reason. ...
08:58 PM, Nov 16, 2009
Parents can now get their newly-born babies enrolled in schools in advance. ...
01:48 AM, Apr 29, 2009
The recent figures in the report on the State of the World's Children are dismal. ...
02:18 AM, Jan 19, 2009
A 10,000 new born babies are snatched from their families every year. ...
03:01 PM, Sep 09, 2007
Bipin didn’t have money to perform his wife’s last rites so he sold his son. ...
09:33 AM, Jul 11, 2007
