Health Check - Page 31
Improving Slowly, India Ranks 145 Among 195 Countries on Healthcare...
New Delhi: India has improved its ranking on a global healthcare access and quality (HAQ) index from 153 in 1990 to 145...
How Conflict-Ridden Afghanistan Improved Its Health In 10 Years
New Delhi: After the fall of the Taliban in 2001 and as a country recovering from conflict, Afghanistan had some of the...
Karnataka Has India’s 2nd Lowest Unemployment Rate, Lags On Women Empowerment
New Delhi: Karnataka has amongst India’s best economic and child health outcomes, but women’s empowerment lags some of...
Diarrhoea Took More Lives Than Any Other Water-Borne Disease In India
New Delhi: Over five years to 2017, water-borne diseases--cholera, diarrhoea, typhoid and viral hepatitis--caused 10,738...
The North-South Fertility And Finance Battle: Will South India Lose Out?
Mumbai: As leaders of south Indian states raise concerns over the terms of reference for the 15th Finance Commission...
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...
More Younger, Educated Indian Women Giving Birth At Unsafe Intervals
New Delhi: Indian women aged 15 to 29 years and those with more years in school gave birth at shorter, unsafe intervals...
India’s Child Deaths From Diarrhoea Down 52% In Decade, But Pakistan, Bangladesh Do Better On Solutions
New Delhi: In a decade to 2015, India’s efforts to tackle diarrhoea--a disease easily preventable through sanitation,...
