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517 child deaths reported in Pune in 11 Months
The year before, from April 2023 to March 2024, the number was even higher — 792 deaths. In total, 1,309 children in the 0–5 age group have died in just two years, as per the records of the PMC’s city family welfare bureau
Published on Apr 17, 2025 07:16 AM IST
Vicky Pathare
Decline in child mortality rate in Maharashtra
Public health department official data shows 17,150 deaths in the 0-5 age group in 2022-23 (April 2022 to March 2023). The figure dropped to 13,810 in 2023-24 and declined to 12,438 in 2024-25 (April 2024 to February 2025)
Published on Mar 30, 2025 05:24 AM IST
Vicky Pathare
UN hails India's reduction in child mortality, calls health reforms ‘exemplar’
The report highlighted that since 2000, India achieved an under-five mortality reduction of 70 per cent.
Published on Mar 27, 2025 08:45 AM IST
PTI |
India ranks 94 in Global Hunger Index: Full list here
The Global Hunger Index is a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking hunger at global, regional, and national levels.
Updated on Oct 17, 2020 05:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com| Edited by Susmita Pakrasi
India losing almost a million under-5 children annually: Study
Of these, half a million children die within 28 days of being born (neonatal mortality) primarily due to lower respiratory tract infection, pre-term birth and diarrhoeal diseases, show recent papers published in The Lancet.
Updated on May 13, 2020 12:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rhythma Kaul
India’s immunisation drive: Battling diseases, ensuring a healthy future
The government aimed to increase the immunisation coverage of children to 90%. The result was heartening
Updated on Dec 24, 2019 07:52 PM IST
Harsh Vardhan
4800 kids died in Odisha’s Maoist stronghold Malkangiri in 5 years, experts blame malnutrition
Experts say the pattern of deaths of the children point towards malnutrition.
Published on Nov 26, 2019 11:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
My wish is for India to get rid of malnutrition: Bill Gates
Bill Gates, at the “Mint Visionaries” event said, “If there was one wish I had for India, it would be to get rid of malnutrition because that reduces the potential of those kids so dramatically.”
Updated on Jul 25, 2020 05:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Elizabeth Roche
Bad air a major cause of deaths among children with pneumonia
Owing to a huge population, India reported the second highest pneumonia-related child mortality 2018 in terms of absolute numbers. However, with a mortality rate of 5.2 children per 1,000 live births, India is one of the better performers among the 30 “high burden” countries.
Updated on Nov 13, 2019 01:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anonna Dutt
What ails India’s health care?
Parties often ignore policy incentives as they know they can gain votes along caste and religious lines
Updated on Jun 23, 2019 11:04 AM IST
Teen births down 63% since 2000: Survey
This means the progress in India alone accounts for nearly three-quarters of the global reduction in teenage births during this period.
Published on May 28, 2019 10:54 PM IST
Changing climate may affect human fertility
As per a study published in the Journal of Environmental Research Letter, climate change could affect fertility, including sectoral reallocation, the gender wage gap, longevity, and child mortality.
Updated on May 06, 2019 11:57 AM IST
Asian News International | Asian News International, Washington Dc
What is behind Indians’ life expectancy going up?
An improvement in healthcare along with a decline in infant and child mortality have contributed to this progress
Updated on Apr 29, 2019 08:16 PM IST
Bibek Debroy
India’s health care sector needs fresh ideas
The India of naked, hungry, and homeless, teeming millions is all but gone. But India must promote the orderly development of its entire health system and address many of the challenges that it now faces.
Updated on Jan 02, 2019 07:43 AM IST
Nachiket Mor
WHO’s Astana Declaration stresses on moving from disease treatment to health promotion
The Astana Declaration of the World Health Organisation (WHO) marks the 40th anniversary of the historical Alma Alta Declaration that declared health a human right for all and not just a privileged few.
Updated on Oct 25, 2018 01:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sanchita Sharma
Ayushman Bharat reforms are timely and ambitious, but need effective implementation
The poor and vulnerable stand to benefit, and to do so significantly. Whether for a struggling farmer with an injury; a roadside fruit seller who has suffered a stroke; or a family whose child has life-threatening pneumonia, the PMJAY should increase the access and affordability of potentially life-saving hospital care. That is why PMJAY is a crucial part of the now well-known set of Ayushman Bharat reforms
Updated on Oct 02, 2018 12:58 PM IST
Poonam Khetrapal Singh
‘New law is the most progressive globally’
The Mental Health Care Act enshrines equality for mentally ill people with those who have physical health problems in all matters related to health care
Updated on Sep 14, 2018 10:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vikram Patel
Breastfeeding should start in the first hour after birth, is baby’s best defence from infections
On World Breastfeeding Week, experts tell you why breast milk is the best thing for your child because of its lifelong health benefits.
Updated on Aug 05, 2018 11:07 AM IST
Asian News International | HT Correspondent