BJP States Most Resistant To Eggs In Mid-Day Meals, Cite Vegetarian...
New Delhi: Swati Narayan, a research scholar and an activist with the Right To Food campaign, recently mapped the...
Over A Decade, 14-Fold Increase In Proportion Of Indians With Health Insurance
Beneficiaries enroll themselves for the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana in Andhra Pradesh. No more than 1% of India’s...
Rural Women Are Increasingly Accessing Government Hospitals
There was a 24% rise in rural women accessing public healthcare between 2004 and 2014, according to a new report by...
In Last Moments Of Life, Indian Women Less Likely To Get Medical Attention
More Indian men are likely to be admitted to hospital during the last moments of life than women--62.5% to 37.5%--a...
Average Indian Consumes 119% More Salt Per Day Than WHO Limit
An average Indian consumes 10.98 grams of salt per day--119% more than the recommended limit of five grams per day by...
Low Birth Weight, Preterm Delivery Cause Most Newborn Deaths In India
A health worker weighs an infant at a hospital in Agartala, Tripura. Of all infants in India who died before they...
PM's Claim Of Toilets For Girls In Every School Fails Scrutiny
Two new toilets were built at a government primary school in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, but since there’s no outlet, the...
Budget Cuts Could Boost 5 Water-Borne Diseases
A national scheme to supply rural India with safe water is one of eight centrally-sponsored schemes that New Delhi will...
