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18 Children Die In Gujarat Hospital, Spotlighting State’s...
As national attention was focussed on the death of 18 children over three days in Ahmedabad’s main civil hospital in...
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...
How India Can Cut Rampant Antibiotic Misuse In Food Animals
In the absence of clear regulations, most poultry farms keep chickens in confined areas lacking proper sanitation and...
How India Could Save Rs 532 Crore In Treating Multidrug-Resistant TB
A frontline health worker visits a family to build awareness about tuberculosis (TB). Decentralised care for...
Risking Health Of Its Women, India Uses Controversial Contraceptive In Family Planning Programme
In July this year, the Indian government introduced an injectable contraceptive, depot medroxyprogesterone acetate...
Why India’s National Health Insurance Scheme Has Failed Its Poor
Beneficiaries enroll themselves for the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana in Andhra Pradesh. The programme has not led to...
India Has Prevented 1 Million Child Deaths Since 2005; Poorer States, Rural Areas Lag
India prevented 1 million deaths among children under five years of age between 2005 and 2015. Three million more deaths...
Why Women With A Reproductive Disorder Deal With Isolation, Shame
As a woman of reproductive age with a regular menstrual cycle who has decided to not have children, I did not have a...
