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India’s Lethal Birth Control

There’s no secret to reducing population growth: Women who are informed about and given access to contraception choices have fewer children. Yet India persists in a c...

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Accent on male sterilisation

Between 2008 and March 2012, the Centre, under its Family Planning Insurance Scheme, had to pay compensation for botched sterilisation procedures which included 438 cases o...

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Greed of Drug Industry Cited by World Health as Reason for Lack of Ebola Vaccine

“A profit-driven industry does not invest in products for markets that cannot pay,” she said, according to The New York Times. “WHO has been trying to mak...

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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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TV

Thrills, Twists & Turns

The last week?? threw up exciting viewing challenges in the prime time slots. Back stories and masks are being pulled off to make the viewing more thrilling. Performances a...

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Ebola, Beyond the Headlines

I??e spent the past week meeting with politicians, policymakers, and reporters in New York, Washington D.C., and Boston. One topic has pretty much dominated the conversatio...

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Infant deaths high in India

The World Health Organisation?? (WHO) latest global report on child mortality (2000-13) has once again placed India among the leading countries in terms of high infant mort...

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India may miss U.N. Millennium Development Goal for maternal mortality rate

India, which accounts for the largest number of maternal deaths in the world, is unlikely to achieve the fifth Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality to...

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Environment

J&K floods a grim reminder of increasing climate change impact in India: Centre for Science and Environment

As Jammu and Kashmir continues to reel under its worst floods in 60 years, which have stranded over 6 lakh people and killed about 200, the attention is slowly veering towa...

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Health

Scientists eye way to stop HIV infection

The battle against HIV and AIDS continues. The virus that causes these conditions has wreaked havoc on millions of lives. The World Health Organization estimates that, in 2...

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