India makes gains in child, maternal health but nutrition challenges persist

Among women, the survey shows a strong rise in access to maternal healthcare. Institutional births are now near universal at 90.6%, while the share of mothers with four or more antenatal care visits has climbed to 65.2%. At the same time, the report highlighted a worrying rise in obesity among women, which increased to 30.7% in 2023-24 from 24.0% in NFHS-5.

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India pledges $10 million for Ebola response at African Union's Virtual Summit

Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Tuesday said that $10 million has been announced by India for the preparedness, response, and recovery amid the ongoing Ebola outbreak at a 'Virtual Summit' organised by the African Union.

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PM Modi to lead Yoga day main event in Kolkata

Addressing a press conference, Jadhav said this year's theme, 'Yoga for Healthy Ageing', highlights the role of yoga in promoting physical health, mental well-being and healthy ageing.

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WHO, Lula urge G7 action on finishing pandemic treaty

In a joint open letter, the World Health Organization's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva demanded that the G7 leaders show "political will at the highest level" to finalise a key missing part.

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India risks becoming "unhealthier before it becomes richer," CEA Nageswaran

Nageswaran said health is now treated as a core growth factor. "If you look at the last three economic surveys, we have written about the importance of physical health and mental health also... in determining our growth rate. Because what is growth? It is coming from productivity... How can the labour be productive if it is not mentally and physically healthy?

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Intensified efforts needed to halt leprosy transmission in endemic districts

Addressing a regional workshop on review of programme performance and focused strategic action for achieving zero transmission of leprosy, Additional Secretary and Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM), Aradhana Patnaik, said targeted interventions will be crucial to achieving a leprosy-free India.

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Socioeconomic disparities could be major predictors of AMR: Study

The researchers analysed more than 45,000 genomes collected from across 127 countries of 16 bacterial species, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has identified as critical priority pathogens.

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