Srinagar, July 23: During the last three months, 359 infants have died in Kashmir’s two premier hospitals, including 269 at GB Pant Hospital, Kashmir’s only tertiary care hospital for children and
About 23 per cent of child mortality in the country is caused by environmental degradation and diseases caused by poor water supply, sanitation and hygiene, a World Bank study has found.
A month after the Bombay high court passed stringent strictures against the public health department for ignoring the deaths of women and children due to malnutrition, the state government has set
Pakistan has highest under-five mortality rate in South Asia (SA) besides the fact that 4.2 million new births took place every year which added almost 11500 children in country’s population.
We studied the co morbidities in hospitalized children with severe acute malnourishment 104 severe acute malnourished children were included, of which 54% had diarrhea, and 27.8% had acute respiratory tract
infections. Tuberculosis was diagnosed in 22% of cases (60.8% cases in children 6-12 mo. Old). Malaria and Measles were diagnosed in 3.8% each, and HIV infection was seen in 2.88% cases. Signs of vitamin
Investigation report on death of tribal infants at Attappady
A UNICEF investigation report on the recent infant deaths at Attappady says that “anaemia in pregnant mothers and inadequate nutrition” are the main causes for the tragedy.
Hypothermia contributes to neonatal mortality and morbidity, especially in preterm and low birth weight infants in developing countries. Plastic bags covering the trunk and
extremities of very low birth weight infants reduces hypothermia. This technique has not been studied in larger infants or in many resource limited settings. The objective was to determine if placing preterm and low birth weight infants inside a plastic bag at birth maintains normothermia.
