India's Great Challenge: Health & Sanitation - Page 10
States With More Educated Women Have Healthier Children
Policy-makers aiming to improve child health outcomes would do well to target more resources at women’s education,...
UP Slides To Last Place In India’s Infant And Under-Five Mortality Rankings
India's most populous state has slid past Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to record the country's worst infant and...
Leading Food And Beverages Brands Fail India’s Double Nutrition Challenge
People shop for packaged food at a supermarket in Mumbai. The products of Delhi’s Mother Dairy were ranked the...
The Woman Who Brought Drinking Water, Toilets To A Lost Panchayat
Five years ago, Melamarungoor, a panchayat in Sivagangai district, was starved of funds and official attention....
In A Sylvan Valley, One Woman Reveals, Changes Lives Obscured By Beauty
As panchayat president for Sittilinghi in Dharmapuri district, 39-year-old Tenmozhi built a Rs 30-crore bridge (in...
Illiterate, Married at 11, Mother At 12: Panchayat President Now Changes Fates
Sidhamallamma Kanchappa, 32, a tribal panchayat president of the Padiganalm village, in Krishnagiri district, had her...
Why India Cannot Follow A New WHO Guideline To Protect Its Mothers
India must double antenatal visits by health workers--according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) guideline--to...
How Delayed Pregnancies Beat Sterilisation As A Family Planning Tool
In 2007, Tanaji Jadhav (left) signed up for the Second Honeymoon Package, a conditional cash transfer scheme piloted in...
