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Improving Slowly, India Ranks 145 Among 195 Countries on Healthcare...
New Delhi: India has improved its ranking on a global healthcare access and quality (HAQ) index from 153 in 1990 to 145...
How Conflict-Ridden Afghanistan Improved Its Health In 10 Years
New Delhi: After the fall of the Taliban in 2001 and as a country recovering from conflict, Afghanistan had some of the...
Karnataka Has India’s 2nd Lowest Unemployment Rate, Lags On Women Empowerment
New Delhi: Karnataka has amongst India’s best economic and child health outcomes, but women’s empowerment lags some of...
Diarrhoea Took More Lives Than Any Other Water-Borne Disease In India
New Delhi: Over five years to 2017, water-borne diseases--cholera, diarrhoea, typhoid and viral hepatitis--caused 10,738...
Muslims Have Highest Fertility Rate, Lack Access To Healthcare
Mumbai: Hindus have India’s highest infant mortality rate with 41.6 deaths per 1,000 live births and the third highest...
Adivasis, Dalits, Muslims Die Earlier Than Other Communities
Mumbai: At 43 years, the mean age of death for adivasis (scheduled tribes or STs) was the lowest, meaning they were more...
Disquiet As Govt Threatens Jail For Doctors, Chemists Not Reporting TB
New Delhi: A week after the capital city hosted the Delhi End TB Summit from March 13 to 15, 2018, a notification from...
Despite Improvement, India Still Has Most People Without Close Access To Clean Water
Mumbai: While India ranks top among nations that have improved access to water, it also has the most people without...
