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Armenia's birth rate drops 7.8% in first 11 months of 2024

In Armenia, the birth rate decreased by 7.8% in January-November 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, according to data published by the National Statistical Committee of Armenia.

13.01.2025, 10:46

Society

Newborn screening program for andrenogenital syndrome starts in Armenia

The Armenian Health Ministry will launch a screening program aimed at detecting andrenogenital syndrome in newborns in 2024, Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan said today while presenting a report on the ministry's activities in 2023.

19.12.2023, 16:34

Society

Armenian Health Ministry expands the list of medicines provided free to premature newborns

Medicines necessary for parenteral nutrition of premature babies with extremely low birth weight will be provided free of charge in Armenia starting from 2024, the Health Ministry announced on Monday.

04.09.2023, 18:30

Politics

Luxembourg interested in deepening cooperation with Armenia- foreign minister

Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn stressed his country's interest in deepening multi-sectoral cooperation with Armenia at a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday in Yerevan, the press service of the Armenian government reported.

22.02.2023, 18:47

Politics

Mirzoyan: To prevent ethnic cleansing of Artsakh Armenians, international community's attention is important

To prevent the ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), it is important that the international community pay attention to this problem and take substantive actions. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said at a press conference with visiting Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn.

22.02.2023, 15:50

Society

Narè and David top the list of most popular names in Armenia given to newborn babies

Armenia's National Statistical Committee has compiled a list of the most popular names given to newborn babies in 2020.

07.05.2021, 18:51

Society

Armenian court allows arrest of head of orphanage on charges of illegal adoptions

A local court in Yerevan allowed today the arrest of Liana Karapetyan, the deputy director of the National Institute of Reproductive Health, Perinatology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, who is also the director of the Yerevan Children's Home, Arevik Khachatryan, the press secretary of the Prosecutor General’s Office, told Novosti Armenia news agency.

29.01.2020, 18:17

Society

UNICEF ranks Armenia 49th in latest newborn mortality report

Global deaths of newborn babies remain alarmingly high, particularly among the world’s poorest countries, UNICEF said in a new report on newborn mortality.

22.02.2018, 15:57

Society

About 400 babies born in Yerevan in first week of 2016

Some 394 babies were born in the Armenian capital city in the first week of 2016, the municipality said today.

08.01.2016, 12:37