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Dr. Harshad Sanghvi: Reducing Maternal and Child Deaths Requires Better Trained, Empowered Health Workers

Technological solutions, like improved equipment and logistical tools, have been trumpeted as keys to finally ending preventable maternal and child deaths. ??ut it?? not ju...

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Environment

REUTERS SUMMIT-G20 host Australia stumbling block to global climate change action

Business and political leaders around the world, most notably in the powerhouses of the United States and China, are pressing for action to avert the potentially huge finan...

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Sustainable Development

India Challenges Developed Countries on Sustainable Development, Consumption

India has challenged developed countries to take the lead in ensuring sustainable patterns of consumption as developing countries grapple with the problem of eradicating po...

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Environment

Addressing India's air quality, health and climate requires public action, study finds

Just weeks after New York City saw the largest climate march in history, new research shows that such public demand can have a direct impact on environmental improvements a...

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Environment

Showtime's Emmy-winning

Showtime's Emmy-winning series on climate change, "Years of Living Dangerously" is receiving another prestigious award this week. The series will receive the Environmental ...

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Environment

Time Running Out For Action: John Kerry on Climate Change

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday issued a stark warning about the mounting effects of climate change, from food shortages to devastating droughts, saying time w...

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Sustainable Development

Dire conditions in Mumbai slums make them hotbeds of mental health disorders

One in four residents of a Mumbai slum is estimated to have mental health issues, from anxiety to depression, a survey has found. Each morning, residents of Kaula Bandar, a...

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Environment

Message to India from UN: empower city mayors to curb emissions

Global Compact of Mayors announced at New York climate meet to make cities sustainable; India out of the picture Making cities sustainable was one of the eight action areas...

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Sustainable Development

Crowdsourcing technology could ensure safety of drinking water in rural India

A research group has introduced a crowdsourcing technique to measure the quality of drinking water. This technique can prove to be a boon for a country like India where onl...

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Environment

Beyond politics: how finance can influence climate change in Australia

With political action on climate change stuck in reverse gear, investor responses and public action is where the power lies When protestors start occupying the offices of p...

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