It is ironic that India, which is aiming to become a hub of medical tourism and boasts of world class medical facilties, cannot provide even basic midwifery services and primary health care to thou

This is your empowerment, Gehlot tells women

In a bid to ensure an effective implementation of immunisation programme, the Union health ministry recently set up a call centre to keep a track and verify children and mothers getting vaccinated

Newborn mortality rate declined from 57 to 30 per 1000 births in Bangladesh during 1990 to 2009, said a study.

According to a new analysis, the United States now ranks 41st in the world in terms of neonatal mortality, the death rate of infants less than one month old.

New Delhi: First the good news: India has recorded a 33% drop in newborn deaths between 1990 and 2009.

India has the greatest number of newborn deaths — more than 9 lakh a year. Just five countries now account for more than half of the world's 3.3 million newborn deaths — India, Nigeria, Pakistan, China and Democratic Republic of Congo. Each year 3.3 million babies still die in the first four weeks of life — despite the existence of proven, cost-effective interventions that could save these newborns, said the study's co-author, Dr. Joy Lawn of Save the Children's ‘Saving Newborn Lives' programme.