Under-5, neonatal mortality rates drop substantially in India since 2000: ICMR study

May 12, 2020

New Delhi [India], May 12 : A latest study published by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on child mortality and child growth failure...

Coronavirus inflicted child mortality rates higher in Pakistan highlights study

Dec 11, 2021

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 11 : Coronavirus inflicted mortality rates is higher in Pakistan than in the other parts of the world according to...

Upcoming WHO Resolution must galvanize action to tackle preventable Maternal and Child Mortality

May 22, 2024

Geneva [Switzerland], May 22: : The Global progress on improving maternal, newborn, and child survival has stalled. In an article published in The Lancet,...

COVID-19 to potentially increase child mortality in developing countries by 45 per cent: World Bank

Oct 05, 2020

Washington [US], October 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The novel coronavirus pandemic will likely drive up child mortality rates in developing countries by slightly less than half...

Health Ministry launches India's first fully indigenous pneumococcal vaccine

Dec 28, 2020

New Delhi [India], December 28 : Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Monday inaugurated India's first Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) in a bid to prevent...

Global child deaths reach historic low in 2022: UN report

Mar 14, 2024

The number of children who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to 4.9 million in 2022, according to the...