India's Great Challenge: Health & Sanitation - Page 17
Child-Health Spending Soars, But 40 Million Indian Children Stunted
Here are some health statistics for Indian children five years or younger: 38.7% are stunted (below normal height for...
0.21% Of Infrastructure Projects In Health Sector, Reflecting Low Priority
Patients sleep in the corridor of a government-run hospital in the eastern Indian city of Siliguri. The lack of health...
Malnutrition Reducing But Undernourished Population High
Between 2006 and 2014 in India, stunting rates for children under five declined from 48% to 39%, there was a 35%...
Chubby, Affluent: India’s New Face of Malnutrition
Broadening girths are expanding India’s battle against malnutrition, a new Indian study has revealed, setting off a host...
Programme Keeps Mothers Safe But Boosts Population
More mothers are being kept safe and alive thanks to a government programme, but its unintended consequence in...
In 5 Years, Threat Of Drug-Resistant Superbugs Doubles
A 72-year-old woman in Bengaluru consulted a hospital physician about a severe skin infection and fever. She had...
Verbal Jugglery Lets 86% Indian Households Have 'Safe Drinking Water'
About 86% of Indian households have access to "safe drinking water", according to official data, yet...
Why Masahun Khatun And 50,000 Pregnant Women Died
Rafiq Khatun, a daily wage labourer from Phulvari Sharif in eastern Bihar, lost his wife Masahun in a botched abortion. ...
