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Looking Back With Concern- Health 2014

A Snapshot of Global Health- 2014

  • Between 2000 and 2012, measles deaths worldwide have been cut by almost 80% ??from 56...

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Sustainable Development

80% of smokeless tobacco users in India, Bangladesh: report

The first-ever report on the global use and public health impact of smokeless tobacco has found that more than 300 million people in at least 70 countries use the carcinoge...

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Sustainable Development

Suicide Rates Among Indian Youth Highest in the World

Suicide rates among Indians age 15-29 are the highest in the world, according to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO). The most recent numbers available...

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Health

Project uses tech to help boost vaccination rates in India

UC Berkeley students are creating a new tool that could soon make it far easier for children in developing nations to get life-saving vaccines. As part of a project called ...

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Health

Modi @ Reliance hospital opening: ‘Plastic surgeon may have fixed elephant’s head on Ganesha’

Describing neonatal and maternal mortality rates as a matter of grave concern, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his government wanted to effectively use its &l...

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Health

How to bring down maternal mortality rates

Despite many schemes launched for the antenatal care by the government, the maternal mortality rate remains high in India. The reason behind this high rate is not just pove...

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Health

Ebola effect reverses gains in maternal, child mortality

Maternal and infant deaths in Liberia and Sierra Leone are set to rise above their current alarming rates as fear of Ebola keeps pregnant women away from hospitals and make...

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Sustainable Development

UNICEF reports a rise in the number of child marriages in Kerala

Kerala may be the only state in India with the highest literacy rate, but it seems the state has not been able to beat the child marriage demon. According to a report by UN...

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Health

LGBTQ Center holds free HIV/AIDS testing

The University LGBTQ Center co-sponsored an HIV/AIDS testing event Friday with Thrive of Charlottesville, a non-profit organization aimed at providing medical care to the C...

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Sustainable Development

Child marriage, sexual abuse with minor girls alarmingly high in India: When will it stop?

It seems in India, the plight of girls will not get over that easily as the latest UN reports have revealed some shocking facts. The reports have narrated the ordeal of gir...

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