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SUMAN initiative launched for Quality health care
On 11th October 2019, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has launched Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN) initiative in New Delhi during the 13th Conference of Central Council of Health and Family Welfare. The aim of the initiative is to assure dignified, respectful and quality health care at no cost and zero tolerance for denial of ..
Topics: Academic disciplines • Harsh Vardhan • Health • Infant mortality • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare • Public health • Vardhan
Odisha sets up task force to prevent Child Marriages
A task force has been set-up in the Koraput district of Odisha to check the practice of child marriage, common among the tribal communities in the region. Task-Force for Preventing Child Marriages The task force comprises of officials from 21 departments, including health, education, social welfare and police. The education department has been tasked to ..
Topics: Academic disciplines • Anganwadi • Child marriage • Demography • Dhimsa • Humans • Infant mortality • Koraput • Marriage • Public health
State of female literacy in India
While the aggregate literacy rates in India have risen multi-fold since 1950, the rise has neither been uniform nor well distributed amongst the states. What has happened? The literacy rates in India have increased from around 18 percent in the 1950s to 74 percent at the time of the last Census in 2011. However, female ..
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Child Nurition • Female Equality • Infant mortality • women • women rights
Haryana first Indian state to launch High-Risk Pregnancy (HRP) portal
Haryana has become the first Indian state to launch High-Risk Pregnancy (HRP) portal which helps in early identification of high-risk pregnant cases up to the grass-roots level and ensures their timely referral to the civil hospitals for further management and delivery by specialists. The High Risk Pregnancy Policy has been implemented across the State since ..
Topics: Demography • Health • Infant mortality • Maternal death • Medical terminology • Medicine • Midwifery • Neonatal herpes simplex
India registers significant decline in Infant Mortality Rate
According to recently released Sample Registration Bulletin (SRS), India has registered a significant decline of 8% in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in 2016. IMR in India has declined by three points from 37 per 1000 live births in 2015 to 34 per 1000 live births in 2016. Infant mortality rate (IMR) is the number of ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2017
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Chhattisgarh • Child mortality • Infant mortality • Infant Mortality Rate • National • Odisha • Public health