Despite the positive trends, NFHS-6 identifies several areas of concern. The state's caesarean-section delivery rate stands ...

A cleric and Nigerian children have called on the Federal Government to strengthen security around schools and ensure the safe return of abducted students and teachers in Oyo and Borno, describing the ...

The Ekiti State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to eradicating Female Genital Mutilation and other forms of gender-based violence in the state. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, ...

Ohio state Sens. Beth Liston, D-Dublin, and Bill Blessing, R-Colerain Township, introduced Ohio Senate Bill 396 which would provide Ohio workers with up to 14 weeks of job-protected paid leave for ...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu has emerged as one of India’s strongest performers in maternal and child healthcare, with nearly every birth in the state now taking place in a medical institution.

More than one in four babies in India are now born through C-sections, according to NFHS-6 data. Private hospitals have ...

A woman's body needs time to recover from the stresses of childbirth, and repeated pregnancies without adequate recovery can ...

Even as Telangana outperforms the national average on several maternal healthcare indicators and has nearly achieved universal institutional deliveries, nearly six out of every 10 births in the State ...

Community trust will be decisive in bringing the rapidly evolving Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo under control, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on ...

CHENNAI: Around 8% of women in the state did not visit a hospital even once during pregnancy, pointing to a decline in hospital visits for antenatal care, accor ...

In Bengal, The Figure Is As High As 88%: Family Health Survey ...

Karnataka has registered improvements across several key maternal and child health indicators over the past five years, with higher antenatal care coverage, institutional deliveries, skilled birth ...