Under-five and neonatal mortality: Variation between states offsets India’s achievement
68.2 per cent of all children deaths due to malnutrition, rates comparable to sub-Saharan Africa: Lancet paper
56 million children are projected to die in next 12 years
Totally preventable diseases killed 15,000 children every day in 2017 and the future seems bleak if the trend continues, say the latest mortality …
Countries mull strategies to achieve SDGs on maternal and child mortality
Sustainable Development Goals demand end of preventable deaths of newborns and children under five years of age, by 2020
Africa fighting maternal, neonatal mortality with community-level interventions, technology
Sub-Saharan Africa is leveraging emerging technologies to improve access to basic provisions to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality
In 2021, 2.8 million children in sub-Saharan Africa died before reaching their fifth birthday: UN report
Region accounted for over half of all under-five deaths in 2021, says report
Maternal mortality on a decline, but challenges remain
An earlier report had said that India accounts for the maximum number of maternal deaths in the world — 17 per cent or nearly 50,000 …
25% healthcare centres lack water facilities, 20% sanitation facilities: WHO
The report highlights that each year 17 million women in least developed countries give birth in centres with inadequate facilities for water, …
NFHS-5: Child mortality drops, prevalence of malnutrition remains high
Despite the decline, India’s infant mortality rate worst among developing countries
5 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2021, 1.9 million stillborn: UN reports
A death of child or youth every 4.4 seconds; many could have been prevented with equitable access to high-quality healthcare
India is reeling under hunger. Will government intervention during COVID-19 help?
Data on nutrition status during COVID-19 could help improve future nutrition programmes in India
Paramedics show the way
How hundreds of villages in Bangladesh have overcome child and maternal mortality 10 years before the MDG deadline
Rahima Moosa: South Africa’s only mother and child hospital is falling apart — a veteran doctor reflects on why
The country’s health ombudsman recently published a shocking investigation into Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital
Under-five child mortality drops 53 per cent from 1990 to 2015: report
Despite progress, a large number of children are still dying due to preventable causes. Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia are the regions …
World Health Statistics 2015: some achievements, many concerns
Down To Earth highlights the world’s performance on health-related development goals, where our successes lie and where efforts are still a …
Child labour: When do we start to rewrite their story
The day people really start believing that there can be no reason that justifies child labour, not even poverty — is the day the real …
Over 20 million deaths, 300 million life years lost due to COVID-19, estimates WHO
Health progress for various indicators slowed down since 2015; burden of non-communicable diseases increased since 2000
Food security bill forgoes nutrition security
The bill will ensure food for millions of hungry Indians. But has the government identified them?
‘Disasters like Ebola threaten Africa’s progress towards MDGs’
Report launched at the ninth African Economic Conference says the continent made headway in human development but its continuation is threatened …
MDG Report 2014: India among worst performers in poverty reduction, maternal death and sanitation
Report shows good progress in areas like poverty alleviation and access to clean water and controlling diseases like TB, Malaria
India’s progress in health outcomes dismal: UN report
The under-five mortality rate in the country still stands at 43 per 1,000 live births
Zambia government renews commitment to end obstetric fistula by 2030
New strategic plan to manage the condition till 2026 launched
Over 15 years of incentivised institutional delivery: Has it ensured safe births?
The nine focus states continue to have the highest MMR
Hope is on the horizon for a malaria-free Africa
After decades of intense research, two new malaria vaccines have come to market
Institutional deliveries on the rise across most states, shows NFHS-5 report
Kerala tops the charts, north-eastern states need to buck up, says survey
World falls short of its goal to reduce child mortality
India accounts for the highest under-five deaths in the world, says the latest UN data