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National Newborn Week celebrated
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is celebrating National Newborn Week between November 15, 2020 and November 21, 2020. The main objective of celebrating National Newborn Week is to create awareness about the importance of newborn child survival and development. Why is it important to celebrate National Newborn Week? Every year around 2.6 million ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: BCG vaccine • child mortality rate • India Newborn Action Plan • National Newborn Week • Neonatal Mortality Rate • Newborn & Child Health • Newborn Health • Oral Polio Vaccine • Stillbirth • universal immunisation programme
India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative: Mortality Rate dropped by 49%
The India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative has recently published two scientific papers. The initiative has given its report on district-level trends of child growth and child mortality. Key Findings The child mortality rate has dropped by 49% between 2000 and 2017. According to the report, though child mortality and child growth has improved, the inequality ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Child mortality • Diarrhoea • ICMR • india state level disease burden initiative • Infant Mortality Rate • Neonatal Mortality Rate • Public health
Healthy States, Progressive India: NITI Aayog’s Health Index 2019
NITI Aayog has released the 2nd edition of report titled “Healthy States, Progressive India: Report on Rank of States and UTs”. The report has been prepared in collaboration with Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare along with technical assistance from World Bank. The current edition of health index accounts for period 2015-16 (base year) ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Bihar • GDP • Health • Health Index • Healthy States Progressive India Report • kerela • Neonatal Mortality Rate • Net State Domestic Product • NITI Aayog Report • Odisha • Sustainable Development Goal • Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare • Uttar Pradesh