India's Great Challenge: Health & Sanitation - Page 15
Extra Kilos Among Rural Poor Weighing India Down
Obesity and overweight recorded an 8.6-fold increase in India's rural areas over 14 years, compared to a 1.7-fold...
Punjab Drug Addiction: 16% Or--As Dy CM Says--0.06%?
A still from the recently released film, Udta Punjab, said to be a portrayal of Punjab's drug menace. A 2015 study by...
To Curb India's Population Growth, More Babies Should Live
From 1.2 billion people in 2011, India is on course to become the world's most populous country with 1.6 billion by...
Unless India Delivers, World Won’t Be Leprosy Free
For three years, Uttar Pradesh farmhand Pradeep Kumar, 24, has been treated for a disease that India largely eliminated...
Alcohol Kills An Indian Every 96 Minutes
As debate over alcohol bans grows across India, 15 people die every day--or one every 96 minutes--from the effects of...
13 African Countries Top India’s Infant Mortality Rate
Much criticism has been directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim—wrong, as FactChecker reported—that the...
Heat-Wave Death Toll Up 3 Times Over 23 Years
Heat-wave deaths in India have increased 296%, or three times, over the last 23 years with more than 150 already dead...
Indians Eating Foods That Predispose Them To Sickness
By choice or compulsion, Indians across age groups and income categories are falling short in meeting the World Health...
