
Lack of contraceptives during lockdown could lead to unsafe abortions,...
New Delhi: The lockdown due to COVID-19 has restricted the access of millions of women to their choice of contraception....
How Incomplete Health Data On Adolescents Hamper Policy Design
New Delhi: India routinely misestimates thinness, overweight and stunting among adolescents because official data...

Women Collectives Tackle Teen Sex, Contraception And Nutrition
Bastar & Mumbai: Ratni Kashyap, 20, sat in her courtyard with her 17-day-old newborn, snugly wrapped in a towel,...

Why Contraception Is Still ‘Women’s Business’ In India
New Delhi: A mother of two, Seema Devi, 36, from Barauli village in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh, is quite clear...

‘1.85m Women May Have Failed To Get An Abortion During Lockdown’
New Delhi: In the first three months of the COVID-19 lockdown, March 25 to June 24, 2020, 47% of the estimated 3.9...

‘India Spent 1% Of GDP On Public Health For 15 Years. Result Is Vulnerability To Crises’
New Delhi: With the COVID-19 contagion raging across the country, India’s public health sector has been pushed to...

Malnutrition Causes 68% Of Under-5 Deaths In India
New Delhi: Amid COVID-19 when millions of children in the country do not have access to proper meals, maternal and child...

India’s Vaccination Mission Narrows Focus To Meet March 2020 Target
New Delhi: Two in five infants nationwide did not receive complete immunisation, leaving them susceptible to disease. An...
