One in every eight Indian kids may have neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) such as autism and cerebral palsy, new estimates suggest. An assessment of 3,964 children between the ages of two and nine found almost an eighth suffer from at least one NDD (some may have several). Intellectual disabilities and hearing impairment disorders are the most …
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Children and adolescents constitute about 40% of population of our country. About 12.5% children suffer from psychiatric disorders. Besides them there are other children also who do not fulfil the criteria for disorder but have symptoms of poor mental health and require help. Children suffer from developmental disorders like Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Mental retardation, …
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This article was originally published on The News Minute and has been republished with permission. By Nimeshika Jayachandran Dr Deepti Rajkumar dreaded doing rounds that day, in particular she was apprehensive of seeing the young girl at the far end of the hospital ward and even put off seeing her until the last possible second, …
The Gorakhpur tragedy has produced an atmosphere of suspicion across Indian healthcare. A number of other hospitals in several states are now under investigation, with scrutiny over cases similar to Gorakhpur, where numerous children have died in a short space of time. Media speculation is rife over who or what is to blame, with causes …
The legacy of Gorakhpur: Suspicion of child healthcare Read More »
A set of guidelines hoping to reduce the rate of child mortality, particularly among babies with health conditions that make 24 hour care mandatory has recently been published by the government. The guidelines attempt to increase family participation through a partnership between healthcare providers and families in the provision of care to newborns. The set …
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India’s first ever nutritional atlas goes live online, thanks to Telangana’s National Institute of Nutrition (NIN). An essential tool In an exclusive interview with Health Issues India, Dr M. Vishnu Vardhana Rao of the NIN says he hopes that the atlas will useful to “policy makers, programme managers, researchers, media, students and other stakeholders.” Given the …
The lives of almost 100,000 Indian children could be saved every year, with better breastfeeding practices. This is according to a new report by the Global Breastfeeding Collective, released to mark Breastfeeding Awareness Week (August 1-7). The report claims 830,000 deaths of children under five years could be averted globally each year if countries scaled …
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Thirty children have died in the last 48 hours (as of August 12) at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh. Sixty had died if taking into account five days prior to August 12. The children were all aged below 12. Many of them were newborns. Investigations by the media revealed that the …
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At the government-run Veerangana Avanti Bai Women’s Hospital in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, mothers are quietly nurturing their premature infants through their touch. With music in the background, the skin-to-skin contact or Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) between the mother and the baby works to ensure the survival of these babies. This simple intervention .has the potential …
UP hospitals to fight infant mortality with mom’s magic touch Read More »
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