The ‘First 1,000 days’ for a child is a crucial time because it is the period of the rapid growth of body and brain and so a woman’s nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding and baby’s nutrition in the first two years is extremely important for a healthy future ...
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mother and child health
mother and child health
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends exclusively breastfeeding for the first six months of life followed by continued breastfeeding alongside complementary feeding for a minimum of two years ...
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The interventions during the adolescence phase of 13-18 years of the life of women are extremely important to achieve better maternal and child nutritional health outcomes ...
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Positive effects of preconception care are pivotal as the right start for pregnancy begins well before the conception itself ...
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Pregnancy Diet Tips: गर्भवती महिलाओं को हेल्दी और पोषक तत्वों से भरपूर डाइट लेना जरूरी होता है. यहां नेशनल न्यूट्रिशन वीक (National Nutrition Week) के दौरान कुछ प्रेगनेंसी डाइट टिप्स दिए गए हैं, जो गर्भवती महिलाओं को बच्चे की हेल्दी ग्रोथ (Healthy Growth) करने में मदद कर सकते हैं. ...
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According to a new UN report, the infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) in the country has declined from 89 in 1990 to 28 in 2019 ...
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A meta-analysis of three studies, published in the Lancet, examines the outcomes of 70,000 women in Mozambique, Pakistan and India between 2014-17 ...
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Air pollution may contribute to the development of asthma in children, low birth weight and pre-term birth, and neurological or cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease ...
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‘Vastrr’, a Delhi based NGO provides a helping hand to the overburdened hospitals in Delhi by counselling new mothers on neonatal care which is the care required during the first 28 days of life of the babies ...
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Join hands to support NDTV, Dettol and Smile Foundation in the ‘Banega Swasth India’ campaign, to create a better and healthier environment for mothers and children ...
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