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Why Are Women Worldwide Not Using Contraceptives—Even Though They Don’t Want a Pregnancy?

Significant numbers of women worldwide don't use birth control due to fears of side effects, negative beliefs about contraception, and because they don't think they need it...

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Alicia Keys Envisions An End To AIDS In Empowering Africa Campaign

Africa contains 16% of the world’s population, and has over 30% of the world’s remaining natural resources, yet it is also the poorest and most underdeveloped c...

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India Reduces Baby Deaths But Still Hasn’t Met 2012 Targets

Of 36 Indian states and Union territories (UTs), the lowest IMRs were reported from Goa and Manipur with nine infant deaths per 1,000 live births First, the good news: 37 b...

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USL Diageo And Essar Oil Collaborate For Road Safety In India

Mumbai, 12th January, 2017 – On the occasion of National Road Safety week, United Spirits (USL), a Diageo Group Company, and Essar Oil Limited, have announced a path-...

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Gender

How An Indian Innovator Reverse-Engineered The Making Of Sanitary Pads

Arunachalam Muruganantham had seen the mysterious bloodstained rags before, left discreetly in a corner of his family’s thatched outdoor bathroom. As a teenager growi...

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Health

Evidence From Vidarbha: Psychological First Aid Prevents Suicide Among Farmers

A suicide prevention programme in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region involving community health workers has reduced the prevalence of depression and suicidal tendencies in...

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Health

Electronic Health Records May Help Customize Medical Treatments

Chances are your doctor has stopped taking notes with pen and paper and moved to computer records. That is supposed to help coordinate your care. Increasingly, researchers ...

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Reed For Hope Foundation Launches 2017 Women's Health Campaign

The Reed for Hope Foundation (RFHF) launches its 2017 women’s health campaign with a Facebook Live virtual workout this Saturday, January 7, at the 1Hotel in Miami Be...

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Health

Health-Care Data Is Ailing

Data pertaining to health care in India, evidence shows, is significantly compromised in terms of its quality, its periodicity and coverage. In addition, “there is a ...

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Gender

Saathi: Healthcare Startup Makes Biodegradable Pads From Banana Fibre

Saathi - - an Ahmedabad-based startup founded by three Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates -- Amrita Saigal, Grace Kane and Kristin Kagetsu, has developed a bio...

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