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India’s Under-5 Mortality Now Matches Global Average, But Bangladesh,...
Mumbai: India’s under-five mortality rate now matches the global average (39 deaths per 1,000 live births), but the...
Why India Must Discard Fear, Give Some TB Patients ‘Game-Changing’ Drug
Johannesburg, South Africa: Like South Africa, India should immediately make available the tuberculosis (TB) drug...
‘Reduce Stigma To Make Women Comfortable Accessing Safe Abortions’
New Delhi: Abortion was legalised in India almost half a century ago, yet unsafe abortions--performed in unhygienic...
How A Healthy Gut Can Be A Bulwark Against India’s Lifestyle-Disease Epidemic
Mount Abu (Rajasthan): Processed food, an overly sanitised environment and an urban lifestyle can reduce beneficial...
BJP States Most Resistant To Eggs In Mid-Day Meals, Cite Vegetarian Sentiments
New Delhi: Swati Narayan, a research scholar and an activist with the Right To Food campaign, recently mapped the...
Centre On Course To Meet 2025 Goal Of Spending 2.5% Of GDP On Public Health
New Delhi: The Centre is on course to meet the 2025 target of spending 2.5% of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) on...
Nipah Contained, But More Than 80% Cases From Similar Brain Fevers Are Undiagnosed
New Delhi: Kerala health minister KK Shailaja announced on June 10, 2018, that the state’s Nipah virus infection (NiV),...
Toxic Air Is Now A Year-Round Problem For Delhi
Mumbai: Delhi’s toxic air is no longer limited to winters. While Delhi is experiencing high levels of air pollution...
