Muslims Have Highest Fertility Rate, Lack Access To Healthcare
Mumbai: Hindus have India’s highest infant mortality rate with 41.6 deaths per 1,000 live births and the third highest...
Budget 2018: 522 Mn Indians Still Defecate In The Open, Putting Them At Risk Of Disease & Poverty
More Indians than ever before now have access to a toilet, but little attention to education and changing attitudes...
Mother’s Education, Household Wealth Decide Survival Of Infants In India
Mortality rates of children in poorer households were higher, as were the rates where mothers had fewer years of...
Six Factors That Could Reduce Malnutrition In Madhya Pradesh
Women’s empowerment, better sanitation, and improvement in maternal health could improve the nutritional status of...
732 Million Indians Have No Access To A Proper Toilet, At Risk Of Diseases: New Report
"When I got pregnant, it was hard to walk to the field to defecate as the path was not safe. My mother-in-law used to...
Caste, Father’s Education, Sanitation Affect Child Malnutrition: New Data
A health worker measures the mid-upper arm circumference--an indicator of nutritional status--of a child in Madhya...
157 Million Indians Without Toilets = 8 Olympic-Sized Pools of Poo Daily
A woman crossing the railway track towards an open defecation spot, near the Jhakarkatti Rakhi Mandi slum in Kanpur,...
More Children Die Of Pneumonia, Diarrhoea In India Than Elsewhere, But There Is Hope
Diarrhoea--associated with contaminated drinking water--is responsible for 10% of all deaths among children under five....
