
How Incomplete Health Data On Adolescents Hamper Policy Design
New Delhi: India routinely misestimates thinness, overweight and stunting among adolescents because official data...
Women Collectives Tackle Teen Sex, Contraception And Nutrition
Bastar & Mumbai: Ratni Kashyap, 20, sat in her courtyard with her 17-day-old newborn, snugly wrapped in a towel,...

Why Contraception Is Still ‘Women’s Business’ In India
New Delhi: A mother of two, Seema Devi, 36, from Barauli village in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh, is quite clear...

‘1.85m Women May Have Failed To Get An Abortion During Lockdown’
New Delhi: In the first three months of the COVID-19 lockdown, March 25 to June 24, 2020, 47% of the estimated 3.9...

‘India Spent 1% Of GDP On Public Health For 15 Years. Result Is Vulnerability To Crises’
New Delhi: With the COVID-19 contagion raging across the country, India’s public health sector has been pushed to...

Can Breastmilk From An Infected Mother Carry The COVID-19 Virus?
New Delhi: Can an infant contract COVID-19 from its mother through breastfeeding? Evidence is inconclusive, say experts....

Lack of contraceptives during lockdown could lead to unsafe abortions, maternal deaths
New Delhi: The lockdown due to COVID-19 has restricted the access of millions of women to their choice of contraception....

Obesity Puts Younger People At Risk For Severe COVID-19: Study
New Delhi: Obesity could make COVID-19 infection more severe, a new study in the medical journal The Lancet says. “[I]n...
