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Telangana’s midwifery programme, launched in 2017 to reduce Maternal Mortality Rate and the alarming number of Caesarean sections in the State, has produced 353 trained midwives currently serving in hospitals across the State, including in tribal areas

Doctors, who participated in the seventh all-India conference of the Medical Service Centre underlined the importance of sustainable public health in preventing the spread of newly identified infectious diseases

I told Chris Whitty at the time that scientists were providing cover for weak leaders taking harmful decisions, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

Prof Yvonne Doyle told the Covid inquiry she did not ‘make a fuss’ about the incident as she did not want the public to suffer ‘in any way’.

Proposed changes such as plain packaging for vapes and individual cigarette warnings come under microscope at Senate hearing

Kamal Hassan praised Kerala's model of development, citing its literacy, public health, social welfare, hygiene, and quality of life index. He lauded its decentralised government, People's Plan campaign, and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's efforts to transform it into a knowledge-based economy. He also credited art forms for inculcating a civic…

Access to safe water is dwindling in Gaza as the World Health Organization warned today that a “public health catastrophe” in Gaza is imminent.

For the first time in a generation, Texans were more likely to die of gunshot wounds than car crashes in 2021. Experts worry a lack of research on the issue has hampered the search for solutions.

Death rates in South Africa have declined slightly during the past few years. But the country faces a steady rise in both death and disability caused by increases in non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cancer.