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Do More Detected Cases Mean Leprosy Is Making A Comeback In India?...
New Delhi: Leprosy is back in India. Health officials and activists celebrated 13 years ago when India announced that...
Caesarean Deliveries More Expensive, Can Imperil Children, But They Have Doubled In India, Mostly In Urban Private Hospitals
Mumbai: Over the decade upto 2016, the percentage of Caesarean deliveries has doubled in India, as per a report released...
In A UP District, Death From Hunger, As Governance, Social Security Collapse
Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh: "CM-ji, my older brother died of hunger, please save me," hissed a skeletal figure in a video...
India’s Under-5 Mortality Now Matches Global Average, But Bangladesh, Nepal Do Better
Mumbai: India’s under-five mortality rate now matches the global average (39 deaths per 1,000 live births), but the...
Why India Must Discard Fear, Give Some TB Patients ‘Game-Changing’ Drug
Johannesburg, South Africa: Like South Africa, India should immediately make available the tuberculosis (TB) drug...
‘Reduce Stigma To Make Women Comfortable Accessing Safe Abortions’
New Delhi: Abortion was legalised in India almost half a century ago, yet unsafe abortions--performed in unhygienic...
Delaying Babies, Using Toilets Could Roll Back Anaemia Crisis Of Indian Women
Jaipur: Improved sanitation facilities and delayed pregnancy in India could reduce the rates of anaemia in pregnant...
India Proposes To Regulate Stem Cells As Drugs; To Require Clinical Trials, Licenses
Chandigarh: New rules proposed by India's health ministry promise to put an end to shady medical practitioners promising...