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38% Of Indian Children Under 4--Poor And Rich Alike--Are Stunted:...
Mumbai: Over one-fifth (22%) of children belonging to India’s richest households are short for their age (or stunted as...
More Than Half Of India’s Drug-Resistant TB Cases Remain Undetected
New Delhi: Tuberculosis (TB) cases in India declined by 1.8% from 2.74 million in 2017 to 2.69 million in 2018, but the...
Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act Failing Women Who Need It The Most
Mumbai: A minor rape victim was forced to give birth to the child of her rapist after the Madras High Court denied her...
Why 4 Of 5 Indian Children Do Not Survive Cancer
Mumbai: How long does a cancer diagnosis take? Six months, according to Bipin Jana, 45, whose eight-year-old son...
5% Indian Children Overweight, Show Early Signs Of Diabetes, High Cholesterol
New Delhi: Even as Indian children continue to grapple with undernutrition, the first ever national nutrition survey of...
In India's Suicide Country, Catching Mental Illness Before It Is Too Late
Farm widows Baby Kinake (left) and Shobha Vetti (right) with their local mental health activist, Shobha Kinake (extreme...
47% Of India’s Poorest Children, 30% Of Richest Not Fully Immunised
Mumbai: Nearly 47% of India’s poorest children are not fully immunised, 17 percentage points more than the richest...
Communications Blockade Creates New Mental Health Challenges In Kashmir
Nishat Garden, opposite Dal Lake, a popular tourist destination in Srinagar, has remained closed since the abrogation of...
