Adequate Midwifery Could Save 3.6 Million Lives, New Report Shows 38 of 58 countries surveyed could miss their MDG5 targets without 112,000 more midwives GENEVA/DURBAN, South Africa, 20 June 2011 – Up to 3.6 million deaths could be avoided each year in 58 developing...
New World Report Shows More Than 1 Billion People with Disabilities Face Substantial Barriers in Their daily Lives NEW YORK –The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank today revealed new global estimates that more than one billion people experience some...
Learning from others Amartya Sen “Is there anyone, in the five parts of India, who does not admire China?” asked Yi Jing in the 7th century, on returning to China after being in India for 10 years. Yi Jing spent his years studying, among other subjects, ayurveda (the...
Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper Developing Strategies for Improving Health Care Delivery: A User’s Guide to Concepts, Determinants, Measurement, and Intervention Design Elizabeth H. Bradley, Sarah Pallas, Chhitj Bashyal, Leslie Curry, Peter...
Report of the study to understand the Health Status and Healthcare Systems in Selected Tribal Areas of India Report prepared by Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement in collaboration with Ministry of Health & Family Welfare & WHO Country Office for India Source:...
