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Hospitals Focus On Doing No Harm
Last week, I reported on the problem of preventable harm in hospitals. It has been estimated that each year between 98,000 and 440,000 people die as a result of preventable er...
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Better Hand-Washing Through Technology
Why can’t hospitals get health care workers to wash their hands?Hospitals in the United States enjoy access to running water. Virtually all of them have alcohol-rub disp...
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PCPNDT Act Has Adequate Teeth, Say Experts
PCPNDT Act, Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques, National Alliance for Maternal Health and Human Rights, Common Health, CEHAT (Centre for Enquiry into hea...
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‘Chhattisgarh Balloon’ To Bring Down Maternal Mortality
In a significant innovation, a team of doctors in Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College here has developed a device christened the Chhattisgarh Balloon, which promises to bring...
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Ranchi: Mobile Course To Train 40k Health Workers In Maternaland Child Healthcare
More than 40,000 health workers in the state are set to be trained in maternal and child healthcare through voice messages on their cell phones. Come February, the Jharkhand g...
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Family Planning Is 'Critical Link' In Eradicating Poverty
Giving people access to family planning is crucial to achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030, reproductive health experts said this week. Speaking at an in...
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Breastfeeding Could Prevent 800,000 Child Deaths, Lancet Says
If almost every mother breastfed her children it could prevent more than 800,000 child deaths a year, yet governments are failing to promote and support breastfeeding, with ra...
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Breastfeeding Could Prevent 800,000 Child Deaths, Lancet Says
If almost every mother breastfed her children it could prevent more than 800,000 child deaths a year, yet governments are failing to promote and support breastfeeding, with ra...
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Not-So-Bitter Pill
Oral contraceptive use not associated with increased birth defects risk. Oral contraceptives taken just before or during pregnancy do not increase the risk of birth defects, a...
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Not-So-Bitter Pill
Oral contraceptive use not associated with increased birth defects risk. Oral contraceptives taken just before or during pregnancy do not increase the risk of birth defects, a...
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