Health Check - Page 34

With 4th-Highest Shortfall of Specialists, Gujarat Commissions ‘Child...
New Delhi: With India’s fourth-highest shortfall of specialists nationwide, Gujarat has announced a controversial...
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...
What Surat Can Teach Other Indian Cities About Public Health
Chaya Jadhav (centre) from Dhule, Maharashtra, at the Pandesara Urban Centre in Surat. Jadhav came back to the centre...
India's Millets Makeover: Set To Reach Poor, School Meals
A pearl millet farm in Raichur, Karnataka. A new government proposal seeks to put millets--which have higher iron,...
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...
Support Groups Welcome New Rare Disease Policy, Seek Incentives For Orphan Drugs
Shashank Tyagi, a 27-year-old Delhi-based businessman, was diagnosed with Gaucher’s disease when he was five. “I still...
9 Of Every 10 Living Near Raigarh’s Coal Mines Report Illnesses: Study
A villager looks at the changing landscape due to coal mines at Kosampalli-Sarasmal panchayat in Raigarh district,...

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...





