18 Children Die In Gujarat Hospital, Spotlighting State’s...
As national attention was focussed on the death of 18 children over three days in Ahmedabad’s main civil hospital in...
2 Years To Swachh Bharat Mission Deadline, 62% Districts Still Report Open Defecation
With less than two years remaining until the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) deadline, 62.5%, or 400 of India’s 640...
Health, Rural Sector Focus of Budget 2018
Health and agriculture were the focus of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in its last full budget ahead of the 2019...
In India's Poorest State, A Pilot Project Succeeds In Reducing Malnourishment Among Children
Bokaro, Jharkhand: A frail young nursing mother Purnima Devi, 25, clutched her emaciated baby boy, 21-month-old Gorango...
Stronger Health Workforce, Realistic Targets Needed For Performance-Based Health Funds
Mumbai: Four states--Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya and Nagaland--lost their chance to earn performance-based...
India stops random testing to look for community transmission of COVID-19
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has stopped testing random samples to look for community transmission,...
Indian cases up 227 in biggest single-day increase
227 new COVID-19 cases and 5 more deaths have been reported in India on March 30, in the highest single-day increase in...
Over 1,000 cases detected in 2 days, total crosses 3,000
Despite the countrywide lockdown, India has detected 1,000 COVID19 cases in the last 2 days. It took 59 days to detect...
