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Kerala = New Zealand; Many States Worse Than African Nations in...
India's 16-point reduction in its infant mortality rate (IMR) over a decade to 2015 is revealing wide variation...
Indian Children Healthier Than Ever, But Other Nations Doing Better: Latest Data
India’s infant mortality rate (IMR) reduced by 16 points over the last ten years--41 children below the age of one died...
Rs 10,290 Cr Boost For Health Hides Funding Cuts For Key Programmes
Despite a Rs 10,290-crore increase in health funding for 2017-18, an investigation of the central government’s health...
Why India Cannot Follow A New WHO Guideline To Protect Its Mothers
India must double antenatal visits by health workers--according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) guideline--to...
How Delayed Pregnancies Beat Sterilisation As A Family Planning Tool
In 2007, Tanaji Jadhav (left) signed up for the Second Honeymoon Package, a conditional cash transfer scheme piloted in...
Driven By Male Reluctance, India’s Contraceptive Use Falls, Population Surges
A building is painted with a family planning awareness message, issued by the ministry of health and family welfare, in...
#Elections2017: UP Spends Least On Health, Reflects In Its Ill-Health
With 200 million people, Uttar Pradesh (UP) has about the same population as Brazil; an economy the size of...

Down To The District: The Health Of 5 States Going To Polls
Seven-month-old Deepak, who weighs 4 kg and suffers from severe malnutrition, lies on a bed in a Nutritional...





