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Maharashtra makes reporting of child deaths in pvt hospitals within 24 hrs mandatory

The state has reduced its neonatal mortality rate to 11 deaths per 1,000 live births and the under-five mortality rate to 16 deaths per 1,000 live births, surpassing the national targets set for 2030. However, authorities said incomplete reporting from private healthcare institutions has resulted in gaps in mortality data. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
pune news
Published on Jun 02, 2026 05:46 am IST

Pune records sharp decline in infant & child mortality; civic body targets vulnerable pockets

the infant mortality rate (IMR), which measures the deaths of children under one year per 1,000 live births, fell from 16.81 in 2021 to 5.62 in 2025. (FILE)
pune news
Published on May 18, 2026 05:52 am IST

Maharashtra sets up state vaccination task force to strengthen immunisation programme

Maharashtra sets up state vaccination task force to strengthen immunisation programme
mumbai news
Published on May 04, 2026 11:36 pm IST

India's sustained efforts driving sharp decline in child mortality: UN Report

India's sustained efforts driving sharp decline in child mortality: UN Report
india news
Published on Mar 18, 2026 07:25 pm IST

517 child deaths reported in Pune in 11 Months 

PMC health officials claim that poor prenatal and postnatal care, malnutrition, infectious diseases, pre-term birth complications, birth asphyxia, and lack of timely medical support are among the main causes. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)
pune news
Published on Apr 17, 2025 07:16 am IST

Decline in child mortality rate in Maharashtra

The Centre’s report highlights that Maharashtra’s neonatal mortality rate stands at 11 per 1,000 live births, achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2030 target of below 12 deaths per 1,000 live births. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)
pune news
Published on Mar 30, 2025 05:24 am IST

UN hails India's reduction in child mortality, calls health reforms ‘exemplar’

On India, the UN report said the country has made gains through health system investment.
india news
Published on Mar 27, 2025 08:46 am IST

India ranks 94 in Global Hunger Index: Full list here

Each country’s GHI score is classified by severity, from low to extremely alarming.
india news
Updated on Oct 17, 2020 05:01 pm IST

India losing almost a million under-5 children annually: Study

An Indian woman works at a brick kiln as he child plays on her back during lockdown to curb the spread of new coronavirus on the outskirts of Jammu, India.
india news
Updated on May 13, 2020 12:24 am IST

India’s immunisation drive: Battling diseases, ensuring a healthy future

There is no reason for us to not make an effort to ensure 100% vaccination
analysis
Updated on Dec 24, 2019 07:52 pm IST

4800 kids died in Odisha’s Maoist stronghold Malkangiri in 5 years, experts blame malnutrition

Malkangiri which is a Maoist stronghold in Odisha is an extremely backward district.
india news
Published on Nov 26, 2019 11:04 pm IST

My wish is for India to get rid of malnutrition: Bill Gates

Bill Gates in conversation with Rishad Premji at Mint Visionaries event in New Delhi.
business
Updated on Jul 25, 2020 05:49 pm IST

Bad air a major cause of deaths among children with pneumonia

A girl wears a pollution mask in New Delhi. Pneumonia killed an estimated 126,535 children under the age of five in India in 2017, of which 27% were attributable to air pollution.
india news
Updated on Nov 13, 2019 01:42 am IST

What ails India’s health care?

A doctor treats a child with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES)-like symptoms at Patna Medical College and Hospital on June 17.
columns
Updated on Jun 23, 2019 11:04 am IST

Teen births down 63% since 2000: Survey

This is seen as a positive development as complications from pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death for girls between the ages of 15 and 19 years globally
india news
Published on May 28, 2019 10:54 pm IST

Changing climate may affect human fertility

Human adaptation to climate change may include changes in fertility as people decide how much time and money they wish to devote in having children and invest in their future, claim researchers.
relationships
Updated on May 06, 2019 11:57 am IST

What is behind Indians’ life expectancy going up?

Why has life expectancy increased? It may have many obvious reasons: sanitation, sewage treatment, clean drinking water, immunisation, control of smallpox, tuberculosis, malaria, better medical treatment and so on
analysis
Updated on Apr 29, 2019 08:16 pm IST

India’s health care sector needs fresh ideas

Adequate total expenditure on health care by citizens but over 50 million people returning to poverty each year because of health shocks, having to once again claw their way back up.
columns
Updated on Jan 02, 2019 07:43 am IST

WHO’s Astana Declaration stresses on moving from disease treatment to health promotion

Instead of health of all, we have achieved health for some, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organisation said.
india news
Updated on Oct 25, 2018 01:53 pm IST

Ayushman Bharat reforms are timely and ambitious, but need effective implementation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives a health card to beneficiaries as he launches Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Scheme
analysis
Updated on Oct 02, 2018 12:58 pm IST

‘New law is the most progressive globally’

India’s Mental Health Care Act is one of the most progressive legislations on mental health globally, and should be read as a bill of rights for people with mental disorders.
india news
Updated on Sept 14, 2018 10:24 am IST

Breastfeeding should start in the first hour after birth, is baby’s best defence from infections

Breastfeeding babies for the first two years would annually save the lives of more than 8,20,000 children under the age five.
health
Updated on Aug 05, 2018 11:07 am IST
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