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With Increasing Urbanisation, New Nutrition Challenges For India
The world has vowed to eliminate poverty and hunger by 2030 as part of 169 sustainable development goals adopted in...
Draft TB Control Plan Targets 79% Fewer Cases by 2025, Seeks Four Times More Funding
A radical draft National Strategic Plan (NSP) for Elimination of TB that proposes to bring down new tuberculosis (TB)...
Why India Needs More Male Health Workers--To Tackle Maternal-Health Crisis
Female health workers are the primary drivers of maternal health initiatives, but male health workers (MHWs) could...
63 Million Indians Without Clean Drinking Water = Population Of Australia+Sweden+Sri Lanka+Bulgaria
Female health workers are the primary drivers of maternal health initiatives, but male health workers (MHWs) could...
Indian Men More Aware About HIV/AIDS, Yet More Affected Than Women
Indian men are more likely than women to have comprehensive knowledge about HIV/AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency...
States With More Educated Women Have Healthier Children
Policy-makers aiming to improve child health outcomes would do well to target more resources at women’s education,...
Illiterate, Married at 11, Mother At 12: Panchayat President Now Changes Fates
Sidhamallamma Kanchappa, 32, a tribal panchayat president of the Padiganalm village, in Krishnagiri district, had her...
Krishnaveni’s Story And The Era Of Women Panchayat Presidents
P Krishnaveni, the Dalit former president of the Thalaiyuthu panchayat, in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, lost...
