India's Great Challenge: Health & Sanitation - Page 7
'Diabetes Epidemic Shifting To Urban Poor, India Needs Urgent...
Diabetes, once a disease of the affluent, is now rampant among India's urban poor too and preventive measures and free...
Mumbai’s ‘M East’: Where 50% Children Under 2 Years Are Stunted, 40% Underweight
Nikhat Mohammed Humayun Sheth, 22, with her sons Mohammed Iman (2.5 years) and Mohammed Ayan (10 months) at Rafi Nagar...
Why India’s Most Productive City Is Losing The Battle Against Child Malnutrition
Dashrath Majhi (second from right) with his family. A job at a local alumina refinery has helped him pull his family out...
Why 581 Million Indians Endure India’s Worst Healthcare
Nine of India’s poorest states--home to 581 million or 48% of India’s population--account for 70% of the country’s...
'If India Was Serious About TB, We Would Not Have Such A Staggering Disease Burden'
"India has under-invested in tuberculosis (TB) control for several decades," Madhukar Pai, Canada research chair in...
Shame, Taboo Resulting In Unhygienic Menstrual Practices Across Much of India
Only in seven of India’s 36 states/union territories did 90% or more women in the 15-24 age group use hygienic...
1 In Every 3 Children In Mumbai Municipal Schools Malnourished, Up 4 Times Since 2013-14
Despite an extensive mid-day meal programme, a third of children in schools run by India’s richest municipal corporation...
Fewer Indians Use Tobacco, But India Still World's No 2 Consumer, Producer
Fewer Indians used tobacco in 2015-16 than a decade ago, but only China consumes and produces more tobacco, keeping...
