Experts recommend `kangaroo care’ to keep babies warm in winters
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Exposure to fluctuating temperature and changing weather conditions can be hazardous to the health of babies. Experts say `Kangaroo Care’ is the best technique to maintain normal body temperature of kids.
India Slashes Healthcare Budget by Almost a Fifth
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The finance ministry, headed by Arun Jaitley, has ordered the cut in spending overriding the protests of the health ministry at a recent meeting, according to Reuters.
Efforts to digitally educate 6 lakh ASHA workers: Ravishankar Prasad
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Under India Newborn Action Plan (INAP), ASHA workers have been told to track mothers who have delivered new children in their surrounding and keep a chart of them and provide information on health care and nutritional needs.
‘India unlikely to meet infant mortality rate target of 2015’
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Assam with 75 per 1,000 live births tops the chart among states having Under-5 mortality above the national average of 52.
‘ROP affects about 30-50 per cent of premature babies in India’
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Avascular and immature retina at birth of a premature baby is vulnerable to external insults of postnatal care as well as postnatal and prenatal growth.
India: High neonatal deaths in Bihar worry doctors
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Bihar accounts for the second highest neonatal deaths in India, with 80,000 newborn kids dying annually in the state. Out of these, 20% deaths take place due to asphyxia. All these deaths are preventable, say doctors.
In Rajasthan, a milk bank which saves lives (Health Feature)
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Rajasthan has a high infant mortality rate. According to the 2011 Census, the desert state’s infant mortality rate was – 52 per 1,000 live births as compared to the India figure of 44.
India: Software to Rescue Preterm Babies
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A new software is expected to increase the chances of survival of preterm and low birth weight babies.
Superbugs’ Kill India’s Babies and Pose an Overseas Threat
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“Our hypothesis is that resistant infections in newborns may be originating from the maternal genital tract and not just the environment,” Dr. Vinod Paul said in an interview.
India: Strengthening care of the newborn
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In a commendable move, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare authorised auxiliary nurse midwives to administer a pre-referral dose of antenatal corticosteroids to women and injectable antibiotics to babies for suspected sepsis.