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Bill Gates Lauds Nitish For His Health Initiatives

Former Microsoft CEO and co-founder of the world’s biggest charitable foundation Bill Gates today called on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and lauded the state gov...

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Gender

The Relationship Between Women’s Education And Fertility

With positive signals for fertility decline emerging in sub-Saharan Africa, and development economists debating the potential for African countries to see a “demograp...

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Health

Breast-Feeding Is Good For Mothers, Not Just Babies, Studies Suggest

Breast milk may provide the ideal nourishment for an infant, but two recent studies are putting a different spin on the bottle-versus-breast debate, suggesting it is mother...

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Gender

Women’s Empowerment Gets A Fillip In Advertising In India

MARKETING strategies can never ignore women as they are pivotal in household purchase decisions. So can advertising strategies be any different? A recent flurry of ads...

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Health

The Labour Room Bullies

Obstetric violence, the abuse of pregnant women by health workers, is shockingly common in the Indian medical system though it is rarely talked about. Recently, three infan...

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Health

Five Majors Announce Project ĀSMĀN To Reduce Maternal And Newborn Mortality In India

Project ĀSMĀN, a major healthcare initiative aimed at reducing infant, neonatal and maternal mortality in India, was launched on November 3, 2015 by a consortium of leadi...

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Retroscope

Durga Puja Special

For many years now I have enjoyed Puja in Bombay, the city of our adoption like thousands of probasi Bengalis. The Bengali community was once close, everyone knew ...

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Health

Skin-To-Skin Contact With Baby In Neonatal Unit Decreases Maternal Stress Levels

WASHINGTON, DC – Research shows that stable parent-child bonds are fundamental to healthy child development. For parents of babies born prematurely or with special me...

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The Portrayal Of Violence Against Women In Indian Cinema

It has become something of a cliché to claim that the 1950s was the golden age of Indian cinema, and that during the 1950s, we had more women-centric films than at o...

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Health

Health Helpline: Just Dial 104

After the 102 and 108 ambulance services, Odisha, on Tuesday launched 104 Health Helpline in partnership with Ziqitza Healthcare Limited, a professional ambulance service p...

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