Film review Birth In The Squatting Position

Films>> Birth in the Squatting Position by Polymorph Films 1979 (10 mins, Brazil) The business of being born by Abby Epstein (83 mins, USA) …

India has ignored infertility for too long

India has a history of coercive family planning which ignored infertility. A shift in focus will help women’s health.  

The beauty & beast of malnutrition

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Good for health, bad for fertility

Study shows antioxidants reduce ovulation in women

Radiation talk

Are mobile phones safe?

No fund for breastfeeding campaign

Vaccination for pregnant women in India

The cries within

Why are reproductive healthcare rights of displaced women not protected in India?

Musings on the Independence of the Other India

Even after 71 years of independence, 1 in 11 children in India is a child labourer, 1 in every 3 is malnourished, only 3 in every 10 children …

Burden of child brides: Bihar, Rajasthan lead states in marrying off girls early  

Southern states such as Tamil Nadu and Telangana are not doing any better, finds National Health Profile 2018

Public health and health care still poor in Assam

Despite a good beginning, 14 years of Tarun Gogoi’s rule have failed to deliver desired results in healthcare

Let’s talk sex

Awareness campaign changes attitude towards sexual health and family planning in Bihar

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Shampoo may interfere with foetus's brain development

Premature scheme

Gujarat's plan to increase institutional deliveries among expecting mothers has fallen flat

Umbilical Discord

An estimated 8,000 babies are born with neural defects every year in Rajasthan. Most of them die within a few months of birth. They are lucky. …

Simply Put: Maternal mortality in India

Infographic: Maternal mortality in India

India has improved its maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to 97 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2018-2020 from 103 in 2017-2019. Still, in 11 …

Anaemia: India needs social norms-based interventions at every phase of a woman’s life

While behaviour change communication for drug adherence and knowledge of anaemia as a serious disease is needed, challenging detrimental social …

Centre defers decision to restrict production of yield-boosting hormone for two months

Decision comes after various states said oxytocin is very important to prevent human maternal mortality

One-fifth of pregnant women at risk due to Group B Sterptococcus bacteria

The first comprehensive research on the bacteria estimates that out of 410,000 cases every year, there will be at least 147,000 stillbirths and …

How schooling can save African girls from becoming child brides

Countries in sub-Saharan Africa have some of the world’s lowest levels of school enrolment and completion

309,000 infants die on first day

India tops global list of first day deaths of infants; chronic malnourishment blamed

Beyond a flailing state

Health ministry cannot provide basic services, the finance ministry cannot collect taxes and the chaos of governance worsens