Breaking free: How several initiatives are helping Africa get better healthcare

Four projects of differing nature in different countries

Best milk

What makes a kid more intelligent than his peers? Mother's milk might hold the answer

National Family Health Survey out

Postnatal care critical to reducing maternal and infant mortality

Many women in low- and middle-income countries do not use postnatal care, says study

Uttar Pradesh engages Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to improve health, agriculture and financial services to the poor

Health activists wary

Government must pay for healthcare at point of use: WHO expert

India looks to reduce out-of-pocket expenditure on health in 12th Plan

Malnutrition count up in Orissa

Private via public

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India still has a high rate of malnutrition, reveals new National Health Survey

West Bengal has more wasted children than a decade ago

Every breath you take

Pollutants in the air damage more than the lungs, warn health experts

Aerosol pollution has huge impact on India’s infant mortality, crop productivity: Study

Regional weather patterns & topography to blame, shows analysis

As told to Parliament (March 17, 2023): Over 44 million cases of COVID-19 confirmed in India

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Toxic or not

INDIA

22 infants die in Kolkata hospital

Fatal formula

How infant formula leads to obesity in adulthood

Tainted milk

Brain dead

When pencils and paints lead to lower IQ

Junk life

Fast food and slow death

Tropic of cancer

Childhood cancer rates in India are increasing by six per cent every year

Charges of culpable homicide against Kerala minister dropped

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ASHAs not enough to deliver healthcare to urban poor: study

'Women in urban slums need a basket of healthcare services to meet their needs'

As told to Parliament (March 21, 2023): Maternal mortality went down to 97 per 100,000 live births in 2018-20

All that was discussed in the House through the day