indias maternal mortality rate 254death/100,000live births
more than half of all maternal deaths in 2008 wre n 6 countries india nigeria pakistan afganistan nd ethiopia and the democratic repub;icof congo
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rate 10times that of chinawhich has focused on improving rural health care
dying in childbirth results in broken familiesratwe in someprovinces like utarpradesh is twice the national averagein some areas a woman dies in childbirth every hourcash giveaway for mothers who deliver in hospital
who india is 71stout of 175 countriesheath caew spending in india to increase from1% to 3% at end of the yearto bring basic services to the 1.2 million most vulnerablehaving skilledmidwives in thailand based in villages and srt lanka have made a dramaric differencethe program seems to be working in utar and bihar from 29 to 50 percent hospital deliveries
CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality report March 26 2010 Racial and Ethnic Differences in Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration, by State is seriously flawed.
Basic epidemiology requires one to define what one is measuring. To define breastfeeding as”:ever” is unacceptable. Furthermore this is all recall data and there is no evidence of external validity. How can one attempt to use “ever breastfed” as a measure of initiation by using a loose definition of breastfeeding as ever or within an hour after delivery .
Initiation is more than “ever” putting the baby to the breast. As far as I’m concerned its getting breastfeeding established. Any way is this information CDC is collecting and analysing of any use for program planning or evaluation or what’s its use. It looks like Ross data. They’.d be better collecting information on one month exclusive breastfeeding which would reflect establishment of breastfeeding.
Padmini Murthy’s book on women’s health and human rights has just been published and is an important book, underscoring how women’s health has been seriously neglected.
It discusses neglected areas such as those covered in the Millenium Development Goals. They push for more resources and action stopping over 500-thousand maternal deaths that occur annually, preventing violence against women, and reducing female infanticide.
The book is extensive in covering the history of and the ongoing struggle for the recognition of women’s health as a natural right.
Once again the Nesles is called on to observe the international standards they accepted. Experts have called on the UN Global Compact Office to expel Nestles because the company is, as usual, ignoring the international Code of Marketing Breast Milk Substitutes and in this way undermining breastfeeding: “Trade union busting” and ignoring related court decisions, failing to stop child labor and slavery in its cocoa supply chain, exploiting the coffee and dairy industry farmers, degrading water resources. Nestle has three months to respond but I doubt they will do anything other than deny the charges. Their slogan should be money first people last.
http://www.babymilkaction.org/press/press17june09.html
[For a review copy of 'Nestlé's UN Global Compact cover up', contact mbrady@babymilkaction.org]
Its incredible that “pro-lifers” who decry abortion as murder have the gall to murder a dedicated physician performing legal abortion. This pro-life murderer makes a mockery of the pro-lifers stance. Women who seek a late term abortion from a trained physician are very desperate and an abortion may be needed when serious birth defects are diagnosed in the fetus or occasionally to to save a mother’s life. Drs. like Tiller are committed to giving women the right to choose and perform a vital service.
Dr Tiller was shot, threatened, his clinic was vandalized and yet despite informing the authorities nothing was done. What is wrong with our existing laws and regulatory bodies that have been established to protect clinics and staff against violence?
Fox News television was spitefully calling “Dr Teller baby killer.” News reporters should be held responsible for inciting violence. They should be held accountable for their lies. Its very sad there are hatemongers who take the law in their hands. More enforcement of regulation is required to stop this violence and murder.