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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 376

infant mortality

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 22, 2023 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
September 24, 2023, 1:22 pm
Daily Briefing Sep 24: If you will it? PM hails looming peace with Saudi Arabia at UN
Editor David Horovitz dissects Netanyahu’s 25-minute General Assembly address; environment reporter Sue Surkes on an Israeli mission to reduce infant mortality in Chad
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A newborn baby at the Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem, on October 29, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 6, 2023, 2:59 am
10-week-old infant dies of whooping cough in Jerusalem
Epidemiological investigation reveals mother, child not vaccinated against preventable disease; cases have increased 12-fold in past year, health authorities say
By ToI Staff and Renee Ghert-Zand
Illistrative: Medical requipment at a hospital (TAO EDGE/ iStock by Getty Images)
January 30, 2021, 11:29 pm
Two-month-old infant with health problems dies after contracting coronavirus
Baby was born with complicated condition, underwent surgery; not clear whether COVID-19 considered the chief cause of his death
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Babies born prematurely at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek hospital on January 5, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 4, 2017, 3:32 pm
Even in the same city, Arab infant mortality rates far higher than among Jews
Health Ministry report reveals wide health gaps between populations, as well as between residents of rich and poor areas
By ToI Staff
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, December 4, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
December 8, 2016, 5:49 pm
Health levels in periphery lagging behind center: report
Health Ministry review shows mortality and infant mortality higher among Arab population; fewer doctors, nurses available in the north and south
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: A newborn baby in an Israeli hospital. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
October 7, 2016, 2:26 pm
Life expectancy for baby born in Israel today is 82, compared to 77 in 1990
Less encouragingly, global study also shows increase in Israelis suffering from high blood pressure, high blood sugar and high body mass index
By ToI Staff
US Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) speaks during a campaign event in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 23, 2016. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
April 24, 2016, 9:49 pm
Sanders: Poverty in Baltimore rivals West Bank, N. Korea
Democratic presidential candidate says infant mortality rate in two neighborhoods worse than among Palestinians
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: Newborn babies in a hospital ward (Flash 90)
April 6, 2016, 10:57 pm
In Israel, infant mortality rate 3 times higher among Arabs
New study also finds Arab Israelis to be more depressed and likely to die younger than their Jewish counterparts
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a premature baby at a hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
August 9, 2015, 9:04 pm
Gaza infant mortality rises for first time in 53 years — UN
Deaths in children under 1 year of age climbed from 20.2 to 22.4 per 1,000 births from 2008 to 2013, UN’s refugee agency says
By AFP and ToI Staff
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