UNFPA: Offering Right-based Family Planning Services in Rajasthan
The United Nations Population Fund is working in Rajasthan to strengthen the implementation of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent […]
Kauvery Hospital Launches Orthogeriatrics Department
Kauvery Hospital has launched the department of Orthogeriatrics for comprehensive orthopedic care in an extension of its healthcare services to […]
Doctors For Amendments In The PCPNDT Act
The National Steering Committee on the PCPNDT Act, comprising experts from the major national medical societies, came together in Bangalore […]
HLFPPT provides one-stop solution for corporates under new CSR regime
For profit-making companies grappling with the problem of finding suitable welfare projects under the new CSR regime, HLFPPT, one of […]
Asian-Pacific nations would be discussing the perils of ageing during July, 2007
A United Nations-backed meeting on the social, health and economic consequences of population ageing would start in Bangkok, Thailand in July, 2007. The two-day seminar is being held by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), in collaboration with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). Population ageing, due to declining fertility and increasing longevity, has increasingly come to pose a challenge to the Asia-Pacific region, with the number of older persons in the area to grow rapidly, surging from 410 million in 2007 to 733 million in 2025 to an expected 1.3 billion in 2050.
Poor countries losing out on family planning benefits: New World Bank Report findings
A new World Bank report titled Population Issues in the 21st Century: The Role of the World Bank, released recently warns that poor countries, wealthy donors, and aid agencies are losing sight of the value of contraception, family planning, and other reproductive health programs so as to boost economic growth, and reduce high birth rates which are strongly linked with endemic poverty, poor education, and high numbers of maternal and infant deaths.
UN chief emphasizes on reducing Maternal Mortality
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) while speaking about the World Population Day, has called for greater participation by men in maternal health to reduce the number of women who die each day in childbirth and to ensure safe motherhood.
World population to touch 9.2 billion in 2050
The world population will see a likely increase of 2.5 billion over the next 43 years, by moving from 6.7 billion currently to 9.2 billion in 2050.
New World Bank Action Plan – to help developing world achieve MDG 5 targets by 2015
The World Bank has released a new five-year plan to help poor countries reduce their high fertility rates and prevent the widespread deaths of their mothers and children.
Preparing for the HEALTHCARE BOOM : Sarita Falcao, Research Associate,eHEALTH
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
9 million jobs are expected to be created in the health care industry by 2012. Find out where, why and who stand to gain the most.
The International Health Partnership Launched Today
The International Health Partnership aims to improve the way that international agencies, donors and poor countries work together to develop and implement health plans, creating and improving health services for poor people and ultimately saving more lives.
