India's Quiet Tide Of Childhood Obesity
Madurai: When 12-year-old Madhu (not his real name) was diagnosed as obese—he weighed 98 kg when his ideal weight was 55...
How Mysore Beat Chandigarh To Be India's Cleanest City
Chandigarh, India's first planned city--known for wide roads laid out in geometrical precision and large, green spaces...
Insurgency-Hit Manipur, India’s Safest State For Childbirth
School children perform during the Republic Day celebrations in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of...
0.21% Of Infrastructure Projects In Health Sector, Reflecting Low Priority
Patients sleep in the corridor of a government-run hospital in the eastern Indian city of Siliguri. The lack of health...
Programme Keeps Mothers Safe But Boosts Population
More mothers are being kept safe and alive thanks to a government programme, but its unintended consequence in...
Rural India Healthier Than Urban India, Malayalees Sickest
As much as 86% of the rural population and 82% of the urban population is without health-expenditure support. ...
Fixing India’s Sanitation Problem Requires More Than Toilets
Here is a number most of you know: more people practice open defecation in India than anywhere in the world – more than...
The Mystery Behind India’s Present-Absent Doctors: Study
Highlights *Cost of medicine is the largest driver of out-of-pocket health expenditure *Absence of doctors...
