India's Great Challenge: Health & Sanitation - Page 16
Communicable Diseases Rise 32% In 5 Years; Spending Up 7%
Spending on programmes to control India's three main communicable diseases—malaria, tuberculosis and leprosy—increased...
How Mysore Beat Chandigarh To Be India's Cleanest City
Chandigarh, India's first planned city--known for wide roads laid out in geometrical precision and large, green spaces...
1 In 7 Indian Drugs Revealed As Substandard
Substandard medicines could be three times more prevalent than the government says, two new studies show. These...
4 In 5 Indians Die Without Doctors Knowing Why
With four in five deaths in India not certified by medical professionals, according to a new census report, many more...
How India Tackles Adverse Drug Reactions--By Ignoring Data
A 17-year-old Kolkata boy was prescribed Dapsone, an antibiotic, for a skin problem, and developed severe, potentially...
Why India Has World's Most Stillborn Babies
Newly born babies rest inside a ward at a hospital in the northern Indian city of Lucknow. Nagapura, Hunsur...
Mizoram Shows How Good Sanitation Can Reduce Child Malnutrition
The north eastern state of Mizoram has reported a 13 percentage-point decline in stunting (below normal height for the...
States That Keep Mothers Healthy Have India's Healthiest Children
Policy-makers aiming to improve child health outcomes would do well to target more resources at women’s...