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Harsh Vardhan releases report on longitudinal ageing study of India ANI | Updated: Jan 06, 2021 23:04 IST New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday released the report on Longitudinal Ageing Study of India (LASI) Wave-1. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, LASI is a full-scale national survey of scientific investigation of the health, economic, and social determinants a...

Lack of access to contraceptives in 2020 is a pushback for India’s population plans Women are at the frontline of India’s pandemic response, yet they suffered the most when it came to healthcare in 2020. Poonam Muttreja 31 December, 2020 8:32 am IST Text Size: A+ One of the underplayed success stories in India has been its steady and natural move towards population stabilisation. The Census data makes clear that the population growth r...

59.5 % women between age 14-59 are anaemic in BTR: NFHS The fifth round report of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) shows that women in Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) are highly anaemic   |  30 Dec 2020 4:57 PM GMT Guwahati: The 5th round report of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2019-20 gives valuable information on matters like health, population, and nutrition for the various States and Union Territories in India. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of ...

NFHS-5 finds steep dip in sex ratio at birth, BMC contests the figures In contrast, the BMC’s birth registration data shows Mumbai city’s sex ratio at birth at 932 and Mumbai suburbs at 942 girls per 1,000 boys. Updated: December 24, 2020 10:02:15 am Questions have been raised about the massive disparity in the data obtained by NFHS and BMC. (Representational Image) The National Family Health Survey-5 has indicated a massive dip in the sex ratio at birt...

India reports remarkable decline in total fertility rate, finds NFHS-5 Of the 17 states analysed in the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), all states except Bihar, Manipur and Meghalaya have a TFR of 2.1 or less, which implies that most states have attained replacement level fertility. December 22, 2020 10:14:21 pm This is a remarkable development, Director of International Institute for Population Sciences, Dr KS James, said on Tuesday. (Represen...

Reading NFHS data: why findings of the latest round are of concern Between 2015 and 2019, several Indian states suffered a reversal on several child malnutrition parameters. Given the all-round adverse impact of Covid-19, the data from 2020 is expected to be even worse. Updated: December 21, 2020 9:58:31 am A child plays with a toy at an empty market in New Delhi amid the Covid-19 lockdown in May. (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal) The Ministry of Health and Fam...

The survey mostly covered women, and the highest overweight percentage among women was reported from districts large parts of which have a semi-hilly terrain with low hills and plains – Una (41 per cent), followed by Hamirpur, Mandi and Kangra. Districts comprising middle and high hills generally recorded lower overweight percentage. Chamba and Sirmaur (23 per cent) reported the lowest overweight percentage followed by Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti. “Overweight is understandably higher in the lo...

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Maharashtra records decline in sex ratio at birth: NFHS-5 Prof Usha Ram at the department of public health and mortality studies, International Institute of Population Sciences, told The Indian Express that comparison of sex ratio at birth from CRS and NFHS would be incorrect as both have their own limitations December 18, 2020 1:01:55 am There are some districts that have shown a rise in sex ratio at birth. (Representational) THE NUMBER of children born in t...

According to Dr K S James, director of International Institute of Population Sciences, the NFHS-5 has included new focal areas like non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including screening for cancers that have a high burden, like cervical, breast and oral cancer. “There has been a complaint that NFHS does not collect enough information on other aspects like NCDs, which has been on the rise in the country,” Dr James told The Indian Express. Data for screening of cancers has been newly reported...