National Family Health Survey

Uttarakhand Health Dept To Start Drive To Check Infant Mortality

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand state health department will start a drive soon to bring down the infant mortality rate from 27 per 1000 to below 10. Dhan Singh Rawat, the state health minister, said, “The awareness drive will start soon in which ASHA workers and state health department officials will be participating to spread awareness among the […]

For A Cause: Kanwar Yatra To Address Female Foeticide

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Women and Child Welfare minister Rekha Arya will be participating in the ‘Kanwar Yatra’ organized by the department on July 26 with a motto to narrow the gender disparity in the hill state and check female foeticide. “Our aim is to narrow down the gender gap ratio between the male and female child […]

More Dads In India Than Moms Want Sons; Daughter-Doting Parents Most In Meghalaya, Lowest In Bihar, Punjab, Raj

NEW DELHI: Indian family’s desire for sons over daughters, ostensibly to carry on the family lineage, remains strong even in this age. While various government efforts, including the central government’s Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, have helped spread awareness about the girl child, the age-old habits refuse to die soon. The recently published data from the […]

Teen Pregnancy In Indian Muslim Girls Higher Than Other Religions; Tripura, WB Lead Overall

NEW DELHI: Guidance available for young teenagers on informed decisions and good sexual health through school education may have dropped India’s teen pregnancy by a marginal 1 per cent, from six years ago, but conception among girls in Indian Muslim families has been reported at an alarming 8% rate, higher than any other religion in […]