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More Than One Million TB Patients Lack Adequate Nutrition
Puni Garasia (right) sits with her mother in Sirohi, southwest Rajasthan. Puni, 14, a tribal, weighed barely 20 kg when...
Why Ragpickers, Unrecognised And Unpaid, Are Critical For Waste Management In India
Ragpickers collect recyclables from a dump yard in New Delhi. By 2050, India will be generating 450 million tonnes of...
Fluoride Contamination Cripples More Than 1,000 Children In Assam
Sabina has recovered from the effects of fluorosis after treatment. Sabina is one of more than 1,000 children in the...
Only 1 In 10 Indian Children Aged 6-23 Months Gets Adequate Diet
Only one in 10 Indian children aged 6-23 months gets “adequate diet”, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of data from...
Indians Sixth Biggest Private Spenders on Health Among Low-Middle Income Nations
Indians were the sixth biggest out-of-pocket health spenders in the low-middle income group of 50 nations in 2014,...
Gujarat, MP Lead With Most Clean Cities in India, UP Has Most In Bottom 50
A banner announcing Swachh Survekshan 2017, an annual urban survey to capture cleanliness outcomes, is seen outside a...
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...