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How India Got 2000% Return On Anti-Malaria Investment
The World Health Organisation’s World Malaria Report 2014, released last week, indicates dramatic success against...
Despite Progress, Malnutrition Kills Too Many Indian Children
Fewer Indian children are dying from malnutrition than ever before—the under-five mortality rate has declined 55% over...
3 Million Truckloads Daily: India's Real Trash Problem
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may want a “Swachh Bharat” (clean India) by 2019, but sweeping the streets does not address...
As India Ages, Dementia Threat Looms
India is a youthful country, for now. According to the Census of India, the population of the country below 35 years of...
Mumbai's Biggest Killer Is Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, it seems, is the biggest killer in Mumbai, with 7,075 people succumbing to the disease last year. TB was...
Mumbai Has India’s Best Healthcare. It Isn’t Enough
Mumbai has India’s best public-health infrastructures—by far—yet it needs to at least double its medical personnel and...
The Trouble With India's $22 Billion Toilet Gamble
The Narendra Modi Government has announced that Swacch Bharat Mission (SBM) has to be a mass movement to make India open...

Modi Is Right. To Stop School Dropouts, Fix The Toilets
Note: the left scale refers to the Sanitation metric while the right scale refers to Retention rate Source: DISE...





