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732 Million Indians Have No Access To A Proper Toilet, At Risk Of...
"When I got pregnant, it was hard to walk to the field to defecate as the path was not safe. My mother-in-law used to...
Non-Communicable Diseases Rise In India, Poor States Still Grapple With Infectious Diseases
Students from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences conduct a community education programme in a Delhi slum. The...
New TB Infections Fall, But Drug-Resistant Cases Rise
A patient collects his medicines for tuberculosis from a Directly Observed Treatment Short course (DOTS) centre in...
18 Children Die In Gujarat Hospital, Spotlighting State’s Malnutrition, Infant Mortality
As national attention was focussed on the death of 18 children over three days in Ahmedabad’s main civil hospital in...
Caste, Father’s Education, Sanitation Affect Child Malnutrition: New Data
A health worker measures the mid-upper arm circumference--an indicator of nutritional status--of a child in Madhya...
How India Can Cut Rampant Antibiotic Misuse In Food Animals
In the absence of clear regulations, most poultry farms keep chickens in confined areas lacking proper sanitation and...
India Falls 3 Places In Latest Global Hunger Index, Ranks 100 Of 119 Nations
With more than a fifth (21%) of its children wasted--low weight for height--India ranks 100 of 119 countries in the 2017...
In India’s Cities, Malnourished Children And Obese Adults
India is now dealing with the twin issues of undernutrition and overnutrition, both swelling its burden of...
