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Almost A Year After Eliminating Polio, India Declared Free Of Maternal And Neonatal Tetanus

NEW DELHI- In yet another major achievement, India has been declared free of maternal and neonatal tetanus. Calling it a “significant public health milestone”, ...

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Climate Change Blamed As Thousands Die In Indian Heat

For the wealthy of India, the annual heatwave before the monsoon is inconvenient, especially when water stored in black tanks on the roof becomes too hot to use for a showe...

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Health

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 ...

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Health

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 c...

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Health

India Performs Poorly In Sanitation And Water Accessibility

A global index finds no significant correlation between GDP and performance as China and India, the two fastest growing Asian economies, are nowhere in the top five categor...

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Health

Rich Mom, Poor Mom: Growing Gap In Global Access To Maternal Health Care

Less than six miles separate the crowded public hospital in an industrial district where Emilie Kabala gave birth from the gleaming private clinic in the tree-lined suburb ...

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Health

In Rural Gujarat, 60% Mothers Die Few Days After Delivery

Dahod resident Ganga (name changed) went to a private doctor when she suffered from breathlessness and giddiness in the ninth month of pregnancy. She was given medicines an...

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Health

Accounting For 1 In 3 Maternal Deaths, Health Disparities Persist In South Asia

The state of maternal health in South Asia is difficult to assess. Although rates of maternal mortality are declining between 2 and 2.5 percent a year overall, the region&r...

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Striking “Black Gold” with Public Health Entertainment-Education

Listen: a village in Mozambique is being confronted with the arrival of a foreign mining company, causing the traditional and modern communities to clash and creating perso...

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Health

Five Billion People Have No access to Surgery

Two-thirds of the world's population have no access to safe and affordable surgery, according to a new study in The Lancet - more than double the number in previous estimat...

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