THE final five kilometres to Ramnagar (Khokla), as the village is officially called, in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh has to be done on foot down a hill thick with shrubs and bushes. As we enter the village, eager eyes scan us for food or some other kind of livelihood support only to droop in disappointment once they learn that the wait has been in vain.
After five years of stagnation, the United States has managed to cut its infant mortality a bit. That is no great cause for celebration, especially since this country's rates remain far too high and so many other countries are doing so much better on this important measure of a nation's health and the quality of its medical system.
BHUBANESWAR: All claims of growth with equity by the Government seems to have fallen flat as the 2008 India state hunger index (ISHI) released by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on the eve of World Food Day has painted a shabby picture of Orissa.
The number of infant deaths in the United States declined 2 percent in 2006, government researchers reported Wednesday, but the rate still remains well above that of most other industrialized countries.
The neonatal period is recognized as a brief, critical time that requires focused interventions to reach the Millennium Development Goal of a two-thirds reduction in child mortality by 2015. In India there are one million neonatal deaths every year, representing approximately a quarter of all global neonatal deaths.
In rural India, most births take place in the home, where high-risk care practices are common. The researchers developed an intervention of behaviour change management, with a focus on prevention of hypothermia, aimed at modifying practices and reducing neonatal mortality.
Real growth stems from real reforms, not inaction. The success of Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh validates the principle that sustained reforms and investment in health and infrastructure bring investments that create jobs and markets enabling prosperity.
CHILDREN STUNTED IN SRI LANKA: The infant mortality rate (IMR) of Sri Lanka, as per the latest demographic and health survey 2006-2007, is 15 per 1,000 live births. The IMR was 12 per 1,000 live births in 2005. In the same year, IMR in India was 56. The survey also shows that 22 per cent of children are underweight, 18 per cent are stunted and 15 per cent show signs of wasting. Authorities
49 babies die during clinical trials the Union health ministry has ordered an internal probe into the deaths of 49 infants who died during clinical drug trials conducted at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (aiims) over the past two and a half years. Responding to an rti query filed by an ngo, Uday Foundation for Congenital Defects and Rare Blood Groups, the
