A survey conducted by the UNICEF has shown significant rise in major indicators of the maternal and child healthcare, including immunisation in India.
The Coverage Evaluation Survey 2009 (CES-2009), a nationwide survey, covering all the States and Union Territories was conducted during November 2009 to January 2010, says institutional delivery has increased from 40.7 per cent to 72.9 per cent a
The Pakistan Millennium Development Goals Report 2010, produced by the Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan analyses the present status and challenges towards achieving the MDGs in Pakistan. It is a comprehensive document which will generate discussions in both public and private sector organization focused on economic and social development.
As world leaders gather at UN headquarters to review Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) progress to date, the World Bank Group has announced that it will mobilize significant new funding for health, education, and agriculture to help countries achieve their MDGs by 2015.
The Coverage Evaluation Survey 2009 (CES-2009), a nationwide
survey covering all States and Union Territories of India, was conducted during November 2009 to January 2010. The survey was commissioned by United Nations Children
India has 8.1 million children out of school, 41.6 per cent of its population lives below the poverty line, the maternal mortality rate is 450 per 1,00,000 live births and merely 16 per cent of its labour force has received formal education till the secondary level.
Gandhinagar: Alarmed by the continued lag in human development index (HDI), especially due to gaps in health services, Gujarat government has decided to start online monitoring of rural families in order to find out existing lacunae in controlling high levels of infant mortality rate (IMR) and maternal mortality rate (MMR).
