Kolkata: Amid regular reports of crib deaths in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday claimed there has been a fall in the number of infant deaths in the state. "The reported infant deaths in the state in 2010 was 30,793 which came down drastically to just 18,671 in 2011. The infant mortality rate has come down by 1 percent to 31 percent in the year," Mamata said while...
02:23 AM, Apr 21, 2012
Kolkata: Amid regular reports of crib deaths in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday claimed there has been a fall in the number of infant deaths in the state. "The reported infant deaths in the state in 2010 was 30,793 which came down drastically to just 18,671 in 2011. The infant mortality rate has come down by 1 percent to 31 percent in the year," Banerjee said while...
08:32 PM, Apr 20, 2012
Just when in many of the less developed regions, girls' past disadvantage in mortality at ages between one and four appears to be easing, India and China have stepped in to spoil the party. A report has been published by the Population Division of Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, which shows that the two emerging countries have been the worst performers in addressing this malaise. In India,...
02:54 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Shimla: Infant mortality rate has declined from 45 to 40 per thousand in Himachal as per the report of the Sample Registration Survey (RS) conducted by the Health Ministry, state Health Minister Rajiv Bindal said on Saturday. The Infant Mortality rate (IMR) was stagnating at 45 for some years but the government succeeded in breaking this barrier by adopting new policies and launching new initiatives, he said. The report released...
08:36 AM, Dec 31, 2011
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
Studies show that an antibiotic meant for an eye infection seems to be reducing the child mortality rates by half in Africa. ...
10:18 AM, Aug 10, 2011
London: The world's population will hit seven billion by the end of October with five babies being born every second, experts have predicted. A little over a decade ago, the world's population stood at six billion. But, with five babies being born every second, 78 million people are added to the global community each year. The population was three billion in 1960 and six billion as recently as 1999. And,...
12:24 PM, Jul 20, 2011
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday made an unscheduled visit to B C Roy Children's Hospital in the metropolis where 18 infants died in a span of 48 hours and said she will take up the issue of high infant mortality rate in the state with the Prime Minister. "40,000 infants die in our state every year. This is shocking. We rank fourth in infant mortality after...
05:24 PM, Jul 02, 2011
Hong Kong: Despite rapid economic growth, India's healthcare system remains blighted by high rates of infant mortality and deaths in childbirth, malaria, tuberculosis and a growing problem with chronic diseases, experts said. In a series of seven papers published in The Lancet said India's healthcare system was unable to cater to the needs of its population and out-of-pocket health bills were pushing 39 million residents into poverty each year. Among...
04:24 PM, Jan 12, 2011
Hong Kong: Despite India's rapid economic growth its healthcare system has remained in the doldrums and is struggling with high rates of child and maternal deaths, malaria, tuberculosis (TB) and a growing problem with chronic diseases. Below are some indicators of India's state of health and comparisons with China and other countries: 1) India had 2 million new cases of TB in 2009, and it killed 280,000 people that year....
04:11 PM, Jan 12, 2011
New Delhi: The Millennium Development Goals deadline to tackle health issues such as maternal and child mortality rates is just five years away. But there is not much to cheer about it in India as more than 40 per cent of the children in our country below the age of five are underweight. It means almost every second pre-school child in the country is malnourished or stunted and about a...
10:58 AM, Nov 15, 2010
New Delhi: More and more children are now living to see their fifth birthday as the child mortality rates have dropped by a third since 1990, the latest under-five mortality estimates released by Unicef said on Friday. However, the tragedy of preventable child deaths continues as 22,000 children below five still die each day in a few countries and half of the deaths are in just five - India, Nigeria,...
06:28 PM, Sep 17, 2010
New Delhi: Nearly two million children under the age of five die every year in India, but, shockingly, 80 per cent of people are unaware of the country's alarming child mortality rate, according to a survey. The survey commissioned by the Global Movement for Children (GMC), a coalition of child rights organisations, found that eight in 10 respondents underestimate the levels of child mortality in India. However, nearly 60 per...
10:59 AM, Aug 22, 2010
It was in 1960 that the US Food and Drug Administration approved the medicine. ...
10:33 AM, May 10, 2010
India has the highest numbers of child deaths in the world. ...
10:16 AM, Mar 19, 2010
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