Articles for Child Mortality

Consumption-based poverty estimates have relevance
1 year, 4 months ago

Consumption-based poverty estimates have relevance

The Hindu  

A recent report by NITI Aayog on multidimensional poverty shows that the percentage of the poor has gone down from 25% in 2015-16 to 15% in 2019-21 and around 135 million people were lifted out of poverty during this period. The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index report of 2023 of the United Nations Development Programme and the Oxford Poverty & Human …

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India slips to 107th position in Global Hunger Index, government alleges bias
2 years, 1 month ago

India slips to 107th position in Global Hunger Index, government alleges bias

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 03, 2022 10:25 IST The Global Hunger Index report of 2022, published in mid October, shows India’s place to have fallen to 107 from the previous year’s 101, out of 121 countries. “India has made significant progress in the fight against hunger since 2000, but the regression or stagnation that has occurred in child wasting cannot be …

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Preterm birth complications leading cause of child mortality in India
3 years, 1 month ago

Preterm birth complications leading cause of child mortality in India

The Hindu  

Families go through tough times if a baby is born with health complications. They have added that preterm birth complications are the leading cause of death among children under five years of age, responsible for approximately one million deaths in 2015. As part of World Prematurity Day that was observed on Wednesday, the NNF members on Thursday have detailed the …

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Alarming hunger or statistical artefact?
3 years, 2 months ago

Alarming hunger or statistical artefact?

The Hindu  

This year’s Global Hunger Index did not go down well with the government. Had the GHI been estimated using the latest data on calorie intake, usually provided by the National Sample Survey Office, things might have looked even worse given that the leaked report of 2019 indicated that consumption expenditure in India declined between 2011-12 and 2017-18 by 4%. Tackling …

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Healthcare Experts Welcome Decline in India's Child Mortality Rate, Advise on Quality Services to Newborns
4 years, 3 months ago

Healthcare Experts Welcome Decline in India's Child Mortality Rate, Advise on Quality Services to Newborns

News 18  

Welcoming the decline in India’s child mortality rate between 1990 and 2019, healthcare experts have advised that the number can be further brought down by providing quality essential health and nutrition services to every newborn. The infant mortality rate in India declined from 89 in 1990 to 28 last year, with the country registering 6,79,000 infant deaths last year, a …

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India’s child mortality rate declined between 1990 and 2019: UN
4 years, 3 months ago

India’s child mortality rate declined between 1990 and 2019: UN

The Hindu  

India’s child mortality rate has declined substantially between 1990 and 2019 but the country, along with Nigeria, still accounted for almost a third of all under-five deaths last year, according to a new UN report which warned that COVID-19 pandemic threatens to undo decades of progress in eliminating preventable child deaths globally. The infant mortality rate in India declined from …

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