Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 23:47
Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said various interventions by the government has helped in the decline of maternal mortality rate in the country.
Last Updated: Saturday, May 18, 2013, 21:51
Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Health, Shabir Ahmad Khan on Saturday underscored the need for reducing Neonatal Mortality rate (NMR) in the state by taking concrete health care measures.
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 18:09
India accounts for 29 percent of all the first-day deaths globally, the highest for any country, according to the ‘State of the World’s Mothers’ report released by ‘Save the Children’ on May 6th 2013.
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 16:16
The infant mortality rate has marginally come down in Chhattisgarh in the last three years, according to the official statistics.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 20:17
Delhi`s sex ratio has increased from 821 in 2001 census to 866 in 2011 but it is still below the national ratio, according to data released by Delhi Government which puts the city`s population at 1.67 crore.
Last Updated: Friday, November 2, 2012, 20:33
Indian policy makers can take solace in the fact that the country’s ‘Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) count has dropped by three points in 2011.
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 3, 2012, 08:55
India is likely to miss the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) related to maternal health as one maternal death is being reported every 10 minutes in the country now.
Last Updated: Monday, June 11, 2012, 16:39
Former MS of G B Pant Hospital Javid Chowdhary has served a legal notice on the officer probing infant deaths accusing him of destroying evidence.
Last Updated: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 08:59
India and Nigeria accounted for a third of global maternal deaths, with India at 19 per cent (56,000) and Nigeria at 14 per cent (40,000).
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 13:25
India`s infant mortality rate of 47 per thousand live births is worse than its neighbouring countries like Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said today.
Last Updated: Sunday, February 19, 2012, 19:39
Infant mortality rate in Bihar, one of India`s poorest states, is declining, according to a UN report.
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 19:15
The IMR in India has come down to 47 from 50 deaths per 1,000 live births over the last one year.
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