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INFANT MORTALITY NEWS
Health indicators point to gains on infant mortality, total fertility rate but large disparities remain
May 27, 2026 1:57 pm
Read together, the data does not present a single India on the cusp of its demographic dividend, but two demographic realities moving at different speeds
Further drop in infant mortality, big gains for Himachal & Delhi
September 05, 2025 5:18 am
The latest data from the 2023 Sample Registration Survey shows that India’s IMR dropped more than 37 per cent in the last decade, from 40 deaths per 1,000 births in 2013 to 25 in 2023.
Sharp decline in maternal, infant mortality rates in India
July 24, 2018 5:58 pm
Union Health Minister said that low performing states are Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Rajasthan, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir.
75,493 infant deaths in India from April to July, 5,547 of them from Maharashtra
October 03, 2017 4:21 am
Madhya Pradesh, with 9,269 children aged till 5, recorded the highest deaths followed by Uttar Pradesh with 8,440 deaths.
Family planning is critical for our nation’s economic development
April 05, 2016 10:55 am
Family planning is at the core of the mission to reduce maternal and child mortality.
Of deaths and births
January 21, 2016 12:01 am
Perhaps our statistical discrepancies are symptomatic of the transition from an informal to a formal system.
BBC releases policy briefing on 'Health on the move: Can mobile phone save lives?'
November 22, 2013 5:51 pm
Mobile phones have emerged as a simple solution for improving the survival chances of mothers and babies.
Human Rights activist Shabnam Hashmi slams Narendra Modi's 'Gujarat model' as myth
April 09, 2014 11:27 am
Claims the brouhaha over development due to clever strategies of Modi's media managers.
Assam woman delivers on roadside,doctor held
October 16, 2012 3:54 am
A doctor at the Government Rural Hospital at Palashbari,was arrested by cops on Sunday on charges of denying medical care and admission to a pregnant woman
Pregnant women to get free medicines,diet in govt hospitals
May 25, 2011 6:52 pm
The government has asked all the states to ensure free services to all pregnant women delivering in government health institutions.
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