The Latest Breaking News from Infant Mortality

Chhattisgarh's social indicators have improved in recent years, but it still ranks in bottom half of most parameters. In 2019-21, it had an infant mortality rate of 44.3 and ranked 28th. It improved in six of eight parameters, declined in one, and remained unchanged in another. It ranks 23rd in…

Rajasthan improved rankings in some social measures, lagging in others. It improved from 27th to 20th in HDI, 18th to 16th in share of stunted children, and 24th to 17th in Infant Mortality rate. However, it still lags in women empowerment, with 63.5% of female population aged 6+ attending school…

Infant mortality fell by nearly 30% since 1999 but has risen over the last two years.

The entire system needs to embrace both maternal and infant health as one, experts say

Experts say maternal care deserts could be exacerbating the issue

The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% last year, which is the largest increase in two decades

The same study found that the mortality rate for Black infants was more than twice that of white ones. From Truthout.

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

Those numbers reflect a worldwide problem, but the U.S. in particular has an abysmal record

Every two minutes, in about the time it takes to read a page of your favorite book or brew a cup of coffee, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to a February 2023 report from the World Health Organization. The report reflects a shameful reality in which maternal…

Frank writes in the Wall Street Journal: In a dissent from last week's ruling against racial preferences in college admissions, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson enumerated purported benefits of "diversity" in education. "It saves lives," she asserts. "For high-risk Black newborns, having a Black physician more than doubles the likelihood that…