Natal

Understanding the importance of postnatal care is vital for promoting the well-being of both mother and child.

The Supreme Court has sought response from the Centre on a plea against the age restriction of 35 years on women's reproductive rights for conducting pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic tests.

Pre-natal screening tests are routine check-ups that find out health issues that affect you and your pregnancy.

The research team believes that much more can be done to promote a better understanding of paternal postnatal depression, so people don't brush it off as simply tiredness or stress.

Gunmen have shot dead 11 taxi drivers returning to Johannesburg from the funeral of a colleague in Kwa-Zulu Natal, a police spokesman said on Sunday.

A mother's prenatal or post natal depression may lead to problems in the sleeping behaviour of her child. Whereas, increased levels of happiness in the second and third trimester were associated with decreased risk for sleep problems in children.

A Sumatran tiger hangs, dead and disemboweled, from a ceiling in a public hall in a remote village in northern Indonesia. A photograph shows the lifeless animal strapped to a wooden plank - and dozens of villagers crowded around to see it.

The Union Heath Ministry informed Lok Sabha about 294 cases that have been filed against illegal sonography clinics. Supreme Court has ordered all the states to take strict action against pre-natal sex determination.

Gurgaon: While the child sex ratio in Gurgaon has bettered in the past few years, it is still lagging far behind other districts in Haryana. The administration, serious about improving it further, has launched a special drive to check pre-natal sex determination and female infanticide. A reward of Rs 1 lakh has been announced by the Gurgaon adminis...

Jaipur: A green corridor was created for the first time in the country to transport 62 litres of breast milk from Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district to save lives of newborns in Ajmer. The green corridor, usually created for swift transportation of organs for transplantation, was executed by the Bhilwara administration on Wednesday. The administratio...

The National Health Mission (NHM) in Haryana launched a mobile-based application to create awareness among pregnant women, parents and health workers on the importance of ante and post natal care, institutional delivery and immunisation.

Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh: Yashoda, 21, was taken for her delivery to a community health centre in Madhya Pradesh’s Jakhnod village. The family, however, had to return as they did not have the money to pay bribe to the nurses. Eight days after giving birth to a daughter at home, Yashoda died. Twenty days later, her daughter also passed away. Y...

By Devanik Saha The death of every other newborn in India can be traced to either low birth weight or premature delivery – a reflection of poor maternal health and an inadequate healthcare system – according to an IndiaSpend analysis of census data. Neo-natal mortality is defined as death during the first 28 days of life. And India reports the ...

Two men were being held for questioning after they were arrested in Nongoma, in the eastern KwaZulu Natal province.

With Japan outmuscled by Ivory Coast 2-1 and Greece thumped 3-0 by Colombia, defeat for either side in their Group C collision in Natal could well be terminal.

Understanding the importance of postnatal care is vital for promoting the well-being of both mother and child.

The Supreme Court has sought response from the Centre on a plea against the age restriction of 35 years on women's reproductive rights for conducting pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic tests.

Pre-natal screening tests are routine check-ups that find out health issues that affect you and your pregnancy.

The research team believes that much more can be done to promote a better understanding of paternal postnatal depression, so people don't brush it off as simply tiredness or stress.

Gunmen have shot dead 11 taxi drivers returning to Johannesburg from the funeral of a colleague in Kwa-Zulu Natal, a police spokesman said on Sunday.

A mother's prenatal or post natal depression may lead to problems in the sleeping behaviour of her child. Whereas, increased levels of happiness in the second and third trimester were associated with decreased risk for sleep problems in children.

A Sumatran tiger hangs, dead and disemboweled, from a ceiling in a public hall in a remote village in northern Indonesia. A photograph shows the lifeless animal strapped to a wooden plank - and dozens of villagers crowded around to see it.

The Union Heath Ministry informed Lok Sabha about 294 cases that have been filed against illegal sonography clinics. Supreme Court has ordered all the states to take strict action against pre-natal sex determination.

Gurgaon: While the child sex ratio in Gurgaon has bettered in the past few years, it is still lagging far behind other districts in Haryana. The administration, serious about improving it further, has launched a special drive to check pre-natal sex determination and female infanticide. A reward of Rs 1 lakh has been announced by the Gurgaon adminis...

Jaipur: A green corridor was created for the first time in the country to transport 62 litres of breast milk from Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district to save lives of newborns in Ajmer. The green corridor, usually created for swift transportation of organs for transplantation, was executed by the Bhilwara administration on Wednesday. The administratio...

The National Health Mission (NHM) in Haryana launched a mobile-based application to create awareness among pregnant women, parents and health workers on the importance of ante and post natal care, institutional delivery and immunisation.

Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh: Yashoda, 21, was taken for her delivery to a community health centre in Madhya Pradesh’s Jakhnod village. The family, however, had to return as they did not have the money to pay bribe to the nurses. Eight days after giving birth to a daughter at home, Yashoda died. Twenty days later, her daughter also passed away. Y...

By Devanik Saha The death of every other newborn in India can be traced to either low birth weight or premature delivery – a reflection of poor maternal health and an inadequate healthcare system – according to an IndiaSpend analysis of census data. Neo-natal mortality is defined as death during the first 28 days of life. And India reports the ...

Two men were being held for questioning after they were arrested in Nongoma, in the eastern KwaZulu Natal province.

With Japan outmuscled by Ivory Coast 2-1 and Greece thumped 3-0 by Colombia, defeat for either side in their Group C collision in Natal could well be terminal.