India's Great Challenge: Health & Sanitation - Page 14

India Short Of 500,000 Doctors, Bodies On Shoulders Reminders Of...
In Odisha, a man slung his wife's body over his shoulder and carried it 10 km after being denied an ambulance on August...
More Male Foeticides Than Female: Govt. Data Indicate Vast Under-reporting
More male babies were victims of foeticide than female in 2014, the latest year for which data are available, according...

Fewer Indians Using Contraception, Despite Better Awareness, Services
A sex worker blows a condom inside a tram car during an AIDS awareness programme in Kolkata. Despite greater access to...

How Incurable Japanese Encephalitis Threatens Emerging India
Jayanta Potshangbam, a junior resident medical officer at the Shija Hospital & Research Institute, Imphal, Manipur,...

Private Hospitals Treat Twice As Many TB Cases As Govt
A woman walks by as municipal workers fumigate a street in central Mumbai. India now has an enormous number of...

In Rural India, Less To Eat Than 40 Years Ago
As India's 70th year of Independence begins, widespread progress is evident, but in rural India, where 833 million...

World Bank Head’s Warning On Stunted Children Should Worry India
“The reason I am pushing so hard on stunting is because we have spent a lot of time looking at possible paths of...

Data: What India Needs To End Malnutrition By 2030
It may seem like a no-brainer to say that we need data to guide efforts to end malnutrition. Would you run an economy...
