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PMC's "Matru Sanjeevani' digitally tracks 1, 000 high-risk pregnancies in three months
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (299+ words) Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has digitally onboarded more than 1, 000 high-risk pregnant women under its flagship Matru Sanjeevani programme within three months of its launch, marking a significant step in leveraging technology to strengthen maternal healthcare. Launched on March…...
No mother should lose her life in childbirth
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (625+ words) | Hindustan Times Hindustan Times No mother should lose her life in childbirth The remarkable decline in maternal mortality over the past decade has been driven by investment in maternal health, strengthened service delivery systems & more Every safe pregnancy is a…...
Indian woman in London on balancing motherhood and 9-to-5 job: "We see our child's day through someone else's camera'
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1461+ words) Choudhary currently works as a consultant in the market research industry and has been working professionally in the UK for nearly five years. While she values her career and describes her workplace as flexible and supportive, she says the emotional…...
Nearly two-third of infants below 6 months in UP not exclusively breastfed
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (312+ words) Nearly two-thirds of infants below six months of age in Uttar Pradesh are not exclusively breastfed, according to data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-6. The findings place Uttar Pradesh at the bottom among all states on the indicator,…...
Medicines, and not just renaming, heals disease
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (208+ words) When a medical condition is given a new name, it begins to cast a different sort of shadow over the people who live with it. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), a disorder that affects 170 million women worldwide, has been rechristened. It's…...
Sambhavna Seth and Avinash Dwivedi welcome twins through surrogacy after long struggle with fertility
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (253+ words) Actors and content creators Sambhavna Seth and Avinash Dwivedi, who have been open about their struggles with fertility and their journey to parenthood, recently shared the joyous news of welcoming twins through surrogacy. Taking to Instagram, the couple announced the…...
Prakash Padukone reveals what pushed Deepika Padukone to speak publicly about depression: "Her friend passed away
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (260+ words) Deepika Padukone has been open about her struggle with depression and has also started a foundation to raise awareness about mental health. Recently, Deepika's father and former badminton player Prakash Padukone spoke about the actor's battle with depression and how…...
Iron deficiency: Silent threat to maternal health
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (247+ words) Maternal well-being continues to remain a critical public health priority that calls for sustained attention and action. It is important that the conversation translates into a call for consistent preventive care, early screening and nutritional awareness, especially in context of…...
Maharashtra makes reporting of child deaths in pvt hospitals within 24 hrs mandatory
1+ week, 1+ day ago (265+ words) The Maharashtra government has made it mandatory for all private hospitals and healthcare institutions to report deaths of children aged up to five years to public health authorities within 24 hours, officials said on Monday. The state has reduced its neonatal…...
Was Madhuri Dixit four months pregnant while shooting Dola Re Dola? Actor reacts to the buzz
1+ week, 2+ day ago (232+ words) In recent days, social media has been abuzz with speculation claiming that Madhuri Dixit was "four months pregnant" while filming the iconic Dola Re Dola sequence from Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2002 magnum opus Devdas. The actor has now addressed the speculation,…...