Follow Us on Google News Bhopal, June 27 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh continues to grapple with alarming maternal and newborn mortality rates, placing it among the most challenged states in India in terms of public health outcomes. According to the latest Sample Registration System (SRS) report released by the Registrar General of India for Madhya Pradesh, … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) BJP’s Information Technology Cell chief and the party’s central observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya, on Saturday, claimed that the rate of decline in the maternal mortality rate (MMR) in West Bengal is much lower than the national average. According to Malviya, while the current national … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) While India has seen significant improvements in tuberculosis (TB) control, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Thursday urged further reductions in incidence and mortality rates. Speaking at a high-level meeting with Health Ministers of eight states and Union Territories, Nadda stressed the need to ramp … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, May 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu recorded 10,170 infant deaths in 2021, making up about 7.4 per cent of the 1.36 lakh infant deaths registered across India that year, according to the latest Civil Registration System (CRS) report by the Registrar General of India. The state ranks among the top … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Guwahati, May 8 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the state has registered a record drop in Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) among all states. MMR refers to the number of maternal deaths (deaths related to pregnancy or childbirth) per 100,000 live births. In a post on … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) India has made significant improvements in maternal and infant mortality rates, Anupriya Patel, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, has said. The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) of the country has significantly declined by 33 points from 130 in 2014-16 to 97 in … Read more
Gandhinagar, Jan 31 (IANS) Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel on Friday stressed the need for collective action to curb malnutrition, reduce infant and maternal mortality and eliminate anaemia. Addressing a state-level health conference, he called upon village leaders and social workers to take moral responsibility for ensuring that no child or woman in Gujarat remains … Read more