Infant mortality

Nigeria: Aliko Dangote Foundation Votes $100m to Tackle Malnutrition

Aliko Dangote Foundation has pledged to expend $100 million (about N36 billion) over the next five years to tackle malnutrition in the worst-affected parts of Nigeria.

Publication Date:

07/11/2017

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Health, Malnutrition, Nigeria, Child Health, Africa, Nutrition, Infant mortality

Environment

Absolutely shocking': Niger Delta oil spills linked with infant deaths

Babies in Nigeria are twice as likely to die in the first month of life if their mothers were living near an oil spill before falling pregnant, researchers have found.

Publication Date:

06/11/2017

Source: Guardian (Nigeria)

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Environment, Oil Pollution, Health Effects, Child Health, Nigeria, Infant mortality, Africa

Health

Estimates of the burden of Group B Streptococcal disease worldwide for pregnant women, stillbirths, and children

The researchers aimed to provide the first comprehensive estimates of the burden of group B Streptococcus (GBS), including invasive disease in pregnant and postpartum women, fetal infection/stillbirth, and infants. Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis is the current mainstay of prevention, reducing early-onset infant disease in high-income contexts. Maternal GBS vaccines are in development.

Original Source

Publication Date:

01/11/2017

Author(s): Anna C Seale, Fiorella Bianchi-Jassir, Neal J Russell & et al

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Vol:

65

Issue:

2

pp:

1-20

Tags:

Infant mortality, Maternal Health, Vaccination, Health Care, Africa, India, China, Nigeria, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Pakistan, South Asia, South America

Health

U’khand to launch ‘sankalp patra’ on measles-rubella vaccination

Dehradun: After noting a dip in total immunisation percentage in Uttarakhand to 58% in the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) IV, the state health department has decided to increase the ambit of

Publication Date:

27/10/2017

Source: Times Of India (Dehradun)

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Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Measles, Vaccination, UNICEF, Infant mortality, Health

Health

Levels & trends in child mortality

This report presents the UN-IGME's latest estimates, up to year end of 2015, of under-five, infant and neonatal mortality and assesses progress towards MDG 4 at the country, regional and global levels. Estimates to year end of 2016 will be published in September 2017.

Publication Date:

19/10/2017

Source: UNICEF

Tags:

Child Health, Infant mortality, Communicable Diseases, Africa, India, Pakistan, China, Statistics, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Infectious Diseases, Sanitation, Waterborne diseases

Poverty

2017 global hunger index: the inequalities of hunger

The 2017 Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows long-term progress in reducing hunger in the world. The advances have been uneven, however, with millions of people still experiencing chronic hunger and many places suffering acute food crises and even famine.

Publication Date:

11/10/2017

Source: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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Malnutrition, Nutrition, Food Security, Poverty, Infant mortality, Child Health, India, Global

Health

Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2016-17: survey findings report - Nigeria

Despite concerted efforts to curb the menace, malnutrition among children under five years is worsening in Nigeria, a new survey has revealed. The fifth round Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS5) also shows that malnutrition in under five children living in rural areas is higher than those in urban areas.

Publication Date:

01/10/2017

Source: National Bureau of Statistics

Tags:

Malnutrition, Nutrition, Infant mortality, Child Health, Nigeria, Africa, Education, Media, Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Health

Better data and health worker training may cut stillbirths: study

Stillbirth, which is defined as a baby born without life at or after 28 weeks gestation, is one of the major problems facing the health sector across the world.

Publication Date:

14/09/2017

Author(s): Bhavya Khullar

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Infant mortality, Child Health, Population, Bihar, Health Education, Health

Poverty

Goalkeepers: the stories behind the data

The progress made by Nigeria and other countries in reducing extreme poverty and disease in recent decades is in jeopardy, according to an inaugural annual report by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Publication Date:

13/09/2017

Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Tags:

Poverty, Diseases, Child Health, Maternal Health, Health Effects, India, Global, Infant mortality, Africa

Health

Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are grounded in the global ambition of “leaving no one behind”. Understanding today’s gains and gaps for the health-related SDGs is essential for decision makers as they aim to improve the health of populations. As part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016 (GBD 2016), we measured 37 of the 50 health-related SDG indicators over the period 1990–2016 for 188 countries, and then on the basis of these past trends, we projected indicators to 2030.

Publication Date:

12/09/2017

Source: Lancet

pp:

1-37

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