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India1 year ago

Children’s deaths in Gujarat hospital spotlights state’s malnutrition, infant mortality

By IndiaSpend Team As national attention was focussed on the recent deaths of 18 children over three days in Ahmedabads main civil hospital, officials said most...
Health1 year ago

Scaling up core micronutrient interventions: It’s $12 bn vs $574 mn

New Delhi, Sep 12: Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, was quoted as saying: “If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.”...
Analysis2 years ago

Gujarat has one of India’s worst immunisation records

Till recently, the BIMARU states, along with Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam and Meghalaya, held the worst child vaccination records in the country.
Analysis2 years ago

UP slides to last place in infant and under-5 mortality rankings

India’s most populous state has slid past Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to record the country’s worst infant and under-five mortality rates, according to newly-released health data....