India's Great Challenge: Health & Sanitation - Page 9
#WorldImmunisationWeek: Gujarat Holds One of India’s Worst...
A nurse administers polio drops to new born babies in a Dharmanagar hospital of Tripura on Jan 17, 2016. Among...
Sanitation Failures Kill, Stunt Children Most In UP, 4 Other States
Despite recently revealed improvements, primitive sanitation is killing, retarding the growth and leaving susceptible to...
Text Messages Save Lives In State With Highest Maternal Deaths
First-time mothers Bishwasi, Leela and Anita were in their last trimester but had received their first routine antenatal...
India Won't Meet National Health Policy 2017 Targets: Former Health Secy
Drawing on two decades of work in public health, former union health secretary K Sujatha Rao said she favours increasing...
Why Kerala’s Development Story Doesn’t Reach Attapady’s Tribals
A hamlet in the tribal Attapady block in Palakkad district, Kerala. Attapady lies in a mountain valley between two...
Why India Should Use Private Pharmacies In Its War On TB
Sandeep Medical Store in Airoli, Navi Mumbai, looks like any other pharmacy, but a board outside says, “DOTS Provider...
63 Million Indians Without Clean Drinking Water = Population Of Australia+Sweden+Sri Lanka+Bulgaria
Female health workers are the primary drivers of maternal health initiatives, but male health workers (MHWs) could...
Indian Men More Aware About HIV/AIDS, Yet More Affected Than Women
Indian men are more likely than women to have comprehensive knowledge about HIV/AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency...