The figure represents almost 800 women dying every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy or childbirth...

While Kerala was able to pull down its MMR to 19, Assam, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh recorded maternal deaths above 160...

Eight states are now past a target set by the United Nations for 2030...

The state’s recovery rate was 98.84 per cent and mortality rate 1.02 per cent on Saturday...

The state has currently 3,169 active patients — 3,081 in home isolation and 88 at hospitals...

Experts are of the opinion that the persistently low sex ratio in certain states is reflective of challenging ground realities...

Number of girls born per 1,000 boys improves by three points from an average 904 in 2017-19 to 907 in (the partly overlapping period of) 2018-20...

According to a state government bulletin, the recovery rate was 98.86 per cent and mortality rate 1.02 per cent on Thursday...

Healthcare services in tribal areas, apart from being inadequate, also suffer from major design problems of inappropriateness and lack of local participation...

Mortality rate remains at 1.04 per cent according to Saturday’s government bulletin...