Mother & Child

Pune District’s Efforts To Reduce Child Malnutrition Bear Fruits
Darumbre, Pune district: Shivani Waghule, aged four years, in her red-coloured uniform plays around and chats with her...
6 in 10 Newborns Continue To Face Delayed Breastfeeding in India
Mumbai: Only four in 10 newborns were breastfed within the first hour of delivery, according to the National Family...

Why Caesarean Deliveries Are Rising In Jammu And Kashmir
Srinagar: Tahira Firdous, 58, sits outside the operating theatre of Lal Ded Hospital, one of Kashmir's oldest maternal...

'I Was Compelled To Walk 4 Km In Snow, Four Days After Childbirth'
Koti (Himachal Pradesh): "I was compelled to walk for four kilometres with my new-born, in knee-deep snow, just days...

DataViz: As Many Children Die Before Their Fifth Birthday In Uttar Pradesh As In Afghanistan
Noida: Nearly 60 of every 1,000 children born in Uttar Pradesh die before their fifth birthday, almost as many as in...

Why India Cannot Delay Vaccinating Pregnant Women Against Covid-19
Mumbai: Kalyani Agrahari, 27, an assistant teacher, was assigned to poll duty in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur block...

‘1.85m Women May Have Failed To Get An Abortion During Lockdown’
New Delhi: In the first three months of the COVID-19 lockdown, March 25 to June 24, 2020, 47% of the estimated 3.9...

Kota Child Deaths: A Story Of Flailing Primary & Secondary Care, Overstretched Tertiary Care
Doctors and medical staff attend to an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit of Kota’s J K Lon Hospital, which saw...
