Consultation on neonatal health ends
Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan
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During the Every Newborn Asia Regional Consultation, child health experts shared their experiences and remedies to reduce neonatal mortality.
Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses programme launched to check infant mortality rate
India
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The most challenging part is the large proportion of newborn deaths, contributing to an estimated 64% of all infant deaths, mostly in the first hour and first week of life.
India: ‘Upgrade facilities in Gulbarga district hospital to bring down infant mortality rate’
India
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The protesters were demanding that the State government implement recommendations to conduct regular medical check-up on children up to the age of six, and provide prenatal and postnatal care for women.
The low cost technology saving premature babies’ lives
India
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At Vanivilas hospital in Bangalore the neonatal ICU sees scores of premature babies. Most are born at home, in far off rural areas and are brought here in critical condition.
Men too are responsible for breastfeeding: experts
India
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The community champions reached the unreached pockets with the help of mass media and educated mothers and other family members abut the importance of breastfeeding.
India’s first ever public sector breast milk bank inaugurated in Kolkata
India
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Facility inaugurated by the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who stressed the importance of breastfeeding to combat newborns suffering from malnutrition.
Social taboos prevent mothers from breastfeeding
India
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Convincing a new mother or a family on breastfeeding a newborn within an hour of birth or up to six months continues to be a tough task, activists and experts say.
‘Breastfed kids at lesser risk of ailments, early death’
India
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"Field observations show there is also status attached with use of baby products owing to massive commercial advertisements”, said Unicef India’s Chief of Child Nutrition and Development Programme.
Nandita Das joins hands with Save the Children
India
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In India, only 41 per cent mothers initiate early breastfeeding. Lack of information and substituting breast milk with baby food products are the leading reasons for low breastfeeding rates in the country.
India: High rate of breastfeeding among Assam mothers
India
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Breastfeeding rate is strikingly low across the country but Assam shows encouraging trends with 63.1 per cent exclusively going for breastfeed of their children, making it the second highest in the country.