The survey found that 30.7 per cent of women aged 15-49 years were overweight or obese in 2023-24, up from 24 per cent in NFHS-5, which was conducted in 2019-21.

The share of “wasted” children or those dangerously thin for their height dropped more sharply, from 25.1% to 20.2%. Even the rate of severe wasting was nearly halved, sliding from…

According to the NFHS-6, 67.4 per cent of currently married women aged 15-49 years were using 'any family' planning method -- both modern and traditional methods -- in 2023-24, down…

Full vaccination coverage among children aged 12-23 months increased from 83.8 per cent in 2019-21 to 87.1 per cent in 2023-24, while key child nutrition indicators such as stunting and…

For citizens, ABHA facilitates digital linking of health records generated across different healthcare facilities and applications, reducing the need to carry physical medical documents and enabling secure sharing of health…

Alarmed over a declining fertility rate, which has fallen below the replacement level of 2.1, the Andhra government is poised to introduce the population management policy soon.

There have ​been 125 confirmed cases of Ebola in the DRC, including 17 confirmed deaths in Ituri, ​North Kivu and South Kivu. ⁠There have ‌also been seven confirmed cases ​of…

Senior U.S. officials said the 50-bed unit at an air force base in central Kenya would serve Americans who have been exposed to the virus but are still asymptomatic ‌and…

Addressing a stakeholders' consultation on gig and platform workers at FICCI, Ashutosh Pednekar, Joint Secretary and Director General (Labour Welfare), Ministry of Labour and Employment, said the government is operationalising…

Among other projects, free dialysis facilities were launched at Maharishi Chyavan Medical College, Koriawas (Narnaul), and Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government Medical College, Chhainsa (Faridabad), at an annual cost of…