A study conducted to find out the causes of diarrhoea in young children found that the rotavirus is responsible for the most severe cases. The study was conducted in seven different sites in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asian …
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. This dismal rank …
Every year in India, over three lakh babies die within the first 24 hours of being born in India each year from infections and preventable causes according to a report by charity Save the Children. They claim the biggest causes …
India's infant mortality rate (IMR) has come down by three points from 47 to 44 deaths per 1,000 live births during 2011, the health ministry said Friday. According to the ministry, the latest bulletin of the Sample Registration …
A unique property in breast milk promotes gut bugs that give infants greater immunity from infections than any infant formula, according to a US study. "This study provides insight to the mechanisms underlying the benefits of …
It seems that the SVR Ruia Government General Hospital is still not off the hook. In a shocking incident five more babies died in the children's ward of the hospital on Sunday, taking the toll to 14 in the last week. Hospital …
August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week.
Malnutrition kills one out of three infants in India. 66% of these deaths occur during the first year of life and is often caused by inappropriate feeding practices. According to WHO, …
A recent Save the Children report suggests that India lags behind most countries when it comes to children's health. With 1.25 million infant deaths annually and 42 percent of the kids being underweight, India has slipped in the …
Pregnancy has emerged as the biggest killer across the globe for teenage girls, with a million teenagers dying annually, a report by international voluntary organisation Save the Children said here Thursday. The report, 'Every …
The lightest and the heaviest foetuses are at much higher risk of being stillborn than those of average weight, new research has found. Stillbirth is traditionally defined as the death of a foetus at more than 23 weeks of …
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi unveiled the Vision Document for Women and Children on Tuesday which looks to bring down the state’s alarming infant and maternal mortality rates. “We want to put Assam among the top five states of the …
