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Women’s Health in Uttarakhand a cause of concern!

Neha Finney — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:04:42 +0000

With over 75% of Uttrakhand’s population living in villages with scarce medical facilities the Infant Mortality rate for the state is reported to be 42 per thousand live births. Around 89% of the babies are delivered at home with no...

Infant mortality rate higher in boys than girls: a startling revelation

Reshmi — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:55:01 +0000

Truth is surely stranger than fiction. Well, at least sometimes. This thought immediately crossed my mind when I read about this research in the US, which has found that the mortality rate of infant boys is much higher than the girls. The study...

Americans are no longer the tallest in the world, thanks to 'fast food-diet'

Irani — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:59:25 +0000

Anyone quizzing on ‘the nation with the tallest people in the world’, would definitely get ‘America’ as the answer without taking much effort in. But, things are not so now! The American people are becoming fatter and...

More of black babies dying

Charu — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:16:51 +0000

Anne Arundel County is experiencing a strange kind of mortality pattern as far as babies are concerned. According to a research, against every single white baby three black babies are dying. Though the over all mortality rates in the country...

For a Better Tomorrow of African Children

Bhawana Negi — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 23:28:31 +0000

The statistics of infant mortality rate is very high in Sub-Saharan Africa. Though it constitutes only only 15.6 percent of the world’s child population, yet it has 44 percent deaths of children under 5. The UNICEF has stepped forward to...