Health

BMC, MDACS Join Hands To Eliminate New HIV Cases

Building on the success of the Pulse Polio programme, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has begun work on total eradication of new HIV cases and aims to achieve thi...

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Spurt in HIV Positive Cases Rings Alarm Bells in Bengal

West Bengal is fast becoming a high-risk HIV positive state. According to statistics for the last two years available with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, West Beng...

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Inequality Has Transformed Surviving Childhood Into A Global Postcode Lottery

Children?? lives are shaped by social and economic factors that often differ wildly between and within countries ??a grim reality that only a skilled, readily available health...

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India Partners With American NGO To Meet Its Maternal Health Goals

To alleviate the issue of maternal and infant deaths in India, the government launched a unique MAMTA card in Rajasthan and Gujarat a couple of years ago. The card tracks crit...

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Government to form labour room guidelines to reduce Maternal Mortality Rates

NEW DELHI: Government is forming guidelines for labour rooms in hospitals as part of its efforts to reduce the maternal mortality rate (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR) in...

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World Health Statistics Reports On Global Health Goals For 194 Countries

13 MAY 2015 | GENEVA - 2015 is the final year for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ??goals set by governments in 2000 to guide global efforts to end pove...

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After Polio, India Set To Win Battle Against Tetanus At Childbirth

A year after obtaining WHO certification for the elimination of polio, India is on the verge of crossing another milestone in public health. It has eliminated maternal and neo...

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Mumbai: Since 2010, 40% Rise In Maternal Deaths; TB Top Killer

Maternal deaths in Mumbai have increased 40% over the past five years. Data from the civic body, which records these deaths every month, revealed that the top cause of materna...

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When Alphabet Fails, Technology Succeeds

We had a tough time telling the family of a high risk pregnant woman to take special care of her and register for delivery at the district hospital. Despite repeated caution a...

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Maternal Mortality: Not Just A Human Rights Issue

Around the world, governments, non-governmental organizations and public health entities have made major strides in tackling some of the greatest health challenges facing comm...

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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE HUMAN FACTOR

Writer Ranjan Das Gupta reflects on emotional intelligence as a human, ethical and socia...

March 6 2026

A LAST CALL FOR THE PLANET

In this in-depth conversation with Vinta Nanda, Fr. Kureethadam Joshtrom reflects on eco...

March 5 2026

FORGOTTEN DANCING QUEEN OF HINDI CINEMA

The Last Dance: Tragedy of a Dancing Queen - Khalid Mohamed narrates the rise and fall o...

March 3 2026