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Praja Arogya Vedika Urges Andhra Government to Increase Health Budget
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Praja Arogya Vedika Urges Andhra Government to Increase Health Budget

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Pointing out that Andhra Pradesh's infant mortality rate is much higher than neighbouring states, the NGO Praja Arogya Vedika on Thursday asked Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to increase the state's healthcare budget to 6 per cent of the gross state domestic product. Anaemia rates among children aged 6 to 59 months have also risen, increasing from 59 per …

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Central portal creates hurdles for MBBS doctors
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Central portal creates hurdles for MBBS doctors

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: MBBS doctors planning to practise in the state may encounter delays, as the Kerala State Medical Council might suspend its registration process due to the launch of the new National Medical Register Portal by the National Medical Commission on Friday. All new registrations will now need to be submitted through this central portal, with the state council responsible for …

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Higher autonomy of panchayats leads to better health outcomes in rural India: Data
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Higher autonomy of panchayats leads to better health outcomes in rural India: Data

The Hindu  

The Data Point published on February 5, had highlighted how panchayats earn only 1% of their income through taxes, with the rest being sourced from Central and State grants. The RBI study uses two datasets to show that panchayats which scored high on the health, nutrition, and sanitation parameters also had lower rural IMRs. Given that panchayats play a vital …

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Improve nutrition delivery and don't bristle at low rank
1 year, 2 months ago

Improve nutrition delivery and don't bristle at low rank

Live Mint  

The Global Hunger Index is a report published jointly by Concern Worldwide, an aid and humanitarian agency from Ireland, and Welthungerhilfe, an agency based in Germany. Their point is not wholly semantic, for placing India very low in the “hunger" index globally implies widespread starvation and a crisis of food security in the country. The index has four components, with …

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Strong forces behind lack of public health system : Public health expert Dr T Jacob John
1 year, 3 months ago

Strong forces behind lack of public health system : Public health expert Dr T Jacob John

New Indian Express  

When we recall that Kerala had a reputation for excellent health metrics, in the 1970s through to the 1990s, the main pieces of evidence were: Lowest birth rate; lowest infant mortality rate ; and, longest life expectancy at birth among Indian states. My point is that the biggest influence on life expectancy is IMR, not the health of adults. Thus, …

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Assam child marriages: Why Himanta Biswa Sarma wants to be the new-age Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1 year, 10 months ago

Assam child marriages: Why Himanta Biswa Sarma wants to be the new-age Raja Ram Mohan Roy

India Today  

On February 3, a young widow and mother of two committed suicide in Assam’s South Salmara-Mankachar district because she feared her father would soon be arrested. The NFHS-5 revealed that Assam’s total fertility rate —the average number of children born per woman—is 1.9 per cent, below the national average of 2. South Salmara, another Muslim-dominated district, at 44.7 per cent …

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The week in 5 charts | India’s retail inflation rate eases down to 5.88%, Himachal’s performance in social indicators, and more
2 years ago

The week in 5 charts | India’s retail inflation rate eases down to 5.88%, Himachal’s performance in social indicators, and more

The Hindu  

India’s annual retail inflation rate eases to 5.88% in November India’s annual retail inflation eased below the Reserve Bank of India’s upper tolerance level for the first time this year in November, easing pressure on policymakers. The Finance Ministry termed this a ‘drastic decline’ mainly attributable to a sharp decrease in food price inflation brought about by government measures. Watch …

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Data | Stark difference in key health indicators: Kerala fares well, while M.P. lags behind
2 years, 3 months ago

Data | Stark difference in key health indicators: Kerala fares well, while M.P. lags behind

The Hindu  

After 75 years of Independence, there is a stark difference among the States on key health metrics. Regions: North, South, East, Northeast, West, Central India and Union Territory Life expectancy at birth: 1991-95 vs 2013-17 With an average life expectancy of 72.9 and 75.2 during the early 1990s and 2013-17 respectively, Kerala remained the State with the highest life expectancy …

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Data | 75 years of independence: A comparison of India’s growth with other nations across ten indicators
2 years, 4 months ago

Data | 75 years of independence: A comparison of India’s growth with other nations across ten indicators

The Hindu  

India completes 75 years of independence this August 15. Two countries — Indonesia and Saudi Arabia surpassed India GDP per capita: 1960s vs 2020s India ranked 24 out of the selected 26 nations in GDP per capita. The graph shows GDP per capita which is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy divided by …

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Yogi Govt To Survey 3 Lakh Women Who Delivered Kids Last Yr to Bring Down Maternal, Infant Mortality Rates
2 years, 6 months ago

Yogi Govt To Survey 3 Lakh Women Who Delivered Kids Last Yr to Bring Down Maternal, Infant Mortality Rates

News 18  

The Yogi Adityanath government is planning its own annual survey, starting with interviewing around three lakh women who delivered a child in Uttar Pradesh in the last one year, in an effort to bring down its high maternal and infant mortality rates, News18 has learnt. As per the Sample Registration System estimates, 2018, UP’s Maternal Mortality Ratio has been 197 …

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Karnataka’s infant mortality rate falls by two points in 2020
2 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka’s infant mortality rate falls by two points in 2020

The Hindu  

In a pointer to improved health indicators, Karnataka’s Infant Mortality Rate fell by two points from 21 in 2019 to 19 in 2020, according to the Sample Registration System bulletin for 2020 released on Thursday. IMR is defined as the infant deaths per thousand live births in a given time period and for a given region. While 21 infant deaths …

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Soldiers sent to help Poland at border with Belarus
3 years, 1 month ago

Soldiers sent to help Poland at border with Belarus

Daily Mail  

British soldiers were deployed to the Polish border with Belarus yesterday as tensions in Eastern Europe threatened to spill over. The escalating migrant crisis at the edge of the EU triggered a rapid military build-up in the region, with Russian paratroopers touching down on the opposite side of the border Belarus started building camps yesterday to house those who have …

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Data | The highs and lows in States' infant mortality rate rankings
3 years, 1 month ago

Data | The highs and lows in States' infant mortality rate rankings

The Hindu  

The infant mortality rate improved in all the States between 2014 and 2019. How to read the tables The tables list the IMR of major States and the rank of the State among 185 countries in 2009, 2014 and 2019. Click to remove AMP mode In 2019, Kerala's IMR of 12 was the best among major States in the country …

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J&K Achieves Single Digit Neonatal Mortality Rate, 16 Point Decrease in Infant Mortality Rate
4 years ago

J&K Achieves Single Digit Neonatal Mortality Rate, 16 Point Decrease in Infant Mortality Rate

News 18  

Jammu and Kashmir has shown record improvement in the last three years in key maternal and child health indicators, with a reduction in neonatal mortality rate and infant mortality rate. The NMR came down 22 points from 23.1 to 9.8, IMR reduced 16 points from 32.4 to 16.3 and the under-five mortality rate saw a 19 point decrease from 37.6 …

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