Namibia continues to struggle to check infant mortality rate

Chances of bringing down infant mortality rate from the current 44 deaths per 1,000 live births to 30 by the 2015 deadline for millennium …

Are some states under-reporting pentavalent vaccine deaths?

RTI reponse of Union health ministry shows states with better health track record have reported higher number of vaccine deaths

India's infant mortality rate is down

44 infant deaths per 1,000 live births is still higher than the 11th Plan target of reducing it to 30

Health goals of 11th Five-Year Plan unmet. 12th Plan hopes to achieve them

Planning Commission's working group recommends repeating last Plan targets in the 12th Plan

Children of a lesser god

Ankur Paliwal finds out why Shravasti district is the worst place for a child to be born in

Easy way for hospitals to reduce heat-related sickness in newborns

Study by doctors of Ahmedabad hospital shows shifting of maternity ward to a lower floor reduced morbidity

Poor understanding of maternal, infant mortality rates & misuse of law behind Assam child marriage crackdown

State’s poor health performance lies in larger developmental issues; Prohibition of Child Marriage and POCSO Acts being misinterpretated

Uttarakhand safest for newborns: first annual health survey

Survey will help measure progress of development goals and formulate district-level plans better, says health ministry

Most infant deaths in India occur on first day of birth

The country accounts for 29 per cent of the global deaths of newborns on their first day of birth

What ails Bundi?

Dinsa Sachan scours the Rajasthan district’s health centres for answers

The widening nutrition gap

Difference in the nutritional status of Kerala’s general rural populace and that of Attappady could be as high as 50 per cent