Pune Maharastra still figures among states that show a high prevalence of malnutrition and it is the slum areas in urban pockets that have an increasing incidence, said a report on the nutritional
crisis in Maharashtra. The report also observed that not only are half the women anaemic in the state, almost half the children under five are stunted.
Ranchi, Feb. 3: The USAID has roped in media consultant Aishwarya Communication to spread awareness about maternal anaemia in nondescript villages of Santhal Pargana, particularly in Godda and Dumka.
Concern that underfunded and weak health systems are impeding the achievement of the health Millennium Development Goals in low-income countries led to the creation of a High Level Taskforce on Innovative International Financing for Health Systems in September, 2008. This report summarises the key challenges faced by the Taskforce and its Working Groups.
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry for Population Welfare is setting up eight Multi-purpose Service Centres (MSC) one each in provinces, Islamabad, FATA, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan as a pilot project, said Population Welfare Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Saturday during a surprise visit to Family Welfare Centres (FWCs) and Reproductive Health Services (RHS) at PIMS.
IN THE old days, the job of eradicating disease fell to governments and inter-governmental bodies. Then charities, often led by celebrities or entrepreneurs, joined in. Finally, in the Western world at least, governments accepted the need to pool their efforts with those of private donors, big and small. The effort still seems unequal to the task.
More than 5,000 women die every year in Gujarat due to pregnancy complications in remote and tribal areas. The state, which faces an acute shortage of qualified gynaecologists in public health facilities, devised the Chiranjeevi Yojana wherein women below poverty line can go to empanelled private nursing homes at the government
