The efforts made to eliminate EMTCT were focused on strengthening prevention and treatment services in primary healthcare, maternal and child health, and supporting the involvement of women in planning and service delivery.
At a briefing, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell told UNSC that the true cost of this latest war in Palestine and Israel will be 'measured in children's lives'.
Drop in ratio — from 556/lakh live births in 1990 to 97 in 2020 — is a result of govt efforts to increase no. of institutional births & greater focus on quality of healthcare for mothers.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the numbers were 'encouraging', but there were concerns the most vulnerable were being left behind.
The data was a 'worrying warning signal' of rising vaccine hesitancy amid misinformation, dwindling trust in governments and political polarisation, UNICEF said.
Rabindranath Tagore stood apart from his contemporaries by infusing poetry and universalism into Indian nationalism, opposing chauvinism and blind obedience, wrote A Ranganathan in 1962.
As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.
Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
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