Tag: national Family health survey
Teenage pregnancies add to India’s child malnutrition burden
Study links child malnutrition to underage pregnancies; 31% of India's married women are mothers by the time they are 18 years old
Children born to...
Births by C-secs increased in India at twice the pace of...
The drivers of increase in C-sec births in India are poorly understood, say French researchers who looked at the latest government data
Are Indian women...
Strength training may reduce risk of obesity complications
Strength training found to reduce the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and diabetes in obese mice, finds study
Strength training over a short time...
Women, poor missing out on nutrition efforts under ICDS
Study shows while coverage of ICDS has gone up, gaps still remain, especially when it comes to women and the poor
Expansion and utilization of...
Childhood obesity epidemic may be linked to Caesarean sections
JAMA study shows choice of delivery mode may influence risk of early childhood weight problem
Could India's childhood obesity epidemic have anything to do with...
4.5 lakh shots in a year, how Indian women are taking...
Injectable contraceptives were introduced by the government of India in 2017 and are currently available free of cost in government medical colleges and hospitals
One...
Family planning app Dot shows promise in initial study
Results show the app is as effective as other modern family planning methods such as pills and vaginal rings
An app for everything is the...
Births by C-secs doubled between 2000 & 2015: Lancet
India remains below global average but Caesarean sections disproportionately high in the private sector
Globally, the number of babies born through caesarean section (C-section) almost...
Anemia Mukt Bharat aims to reach 450 million people by 2022
Social media, radio and television messages to create buzz about the low hemoglobin disease that plagues the entire country but women are the worst...
Fortified pearl millet betters iron levels in Maha adolescents
Study examines whether biofortification is of value in tackling malnutrition
That India has a massive malnutrition burden is well known - National Family Health Survey...
