Infant mortality Current Affairs, GK & News
WHO Guidelines for Improving Survival of Small and Preterm Babies
The World Health Organization has released guidelines to improve the survival of small (under 2.5 kg) and premature (before 37 weeks of pregnancy). What are the key features of the guidelines? Preterm infants can be saved using practical and affordable solutions like high-quality prenatal, postpartum and postnatal care, prevention and treatment of common infections, kangaroo ..
Month: Current Affairs – November, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Infant mortality • premature babies • World Health Organization • World Health Organization (WHO)
Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report 2020
The Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report 2020 was released recently by the Registrar General of India (RGI). Key findings The SRS Statistical Report 2020 revealed that there is a significant decline in infant mortality rate (IMR), Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR), Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) in India since 2014 and the country is currently ..
Month: current affairs - september, 2022
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Infant mortality • Infant Mortality Rate • Neonatal Mortality Rate • Sustainable Development Goals • Under 5 Mortality rate
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 - 2022
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