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Tuberculosis affects 1 million children annually: Study

Harvard researchers believe that over one million children suffer from tuberculosis annually — twice the number previously thought to have TB. Experts from the univer...

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Health

India Proves Why Vaccines Work – Here’s How That Country Solved a National Epidemic

The anti-vaccination movement has yet another inconvenient truth to explain: the near-complete eradication of the polio virus across an entire country thanks to a sweeping ...

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Sustainable Development

Equality for Women and Sustainable Development Go Hand in Hand

Half of the world’s farmers are women, but women only own about one percent of the world’s land. Similarly, women make up nearly 50 percent of the global fisher...

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Health

Maternal Mortality Rate down to 178 from 600

India had a high burden of maternal and child mortality in the 1990s, but has made significant strides in stemming the deaths, a senior health ministry official said on Thu...

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Bollywood

Exhibition for Upliftment

On Tuesday, the 1st of April, the Mijwan Welfare Society (MWS) founded by the Kaifi Azmi is set to hold an exhibition showcasing the “Chikankari”&nbs...

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Hollywood

Aaron Neville Supports Children’s Health Fund

Singer Aaron Neville is inspiring people to fundraise for the Children’s Health Fund. “Children’s Health Fund does incredible work to bring health care to...

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Health

India shows the way for other polio-endemic nations

After India’s unexpected feat of freeing itself from polio, the target to eradicate the debilitating disease from the world, set in 1988, seems possible When the WHO ...

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Health

HIV Drug Offers Long-Lasting Protection Against Infection

Researchers at the Rockefeller University and at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have tested a reformulated HIV drug that offers long-lasting prot...

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Health

Contraceptive protects against HIV

Scientists have developed a new contraceptive for women that protects against HIV as well as unwanted pregnancies. The device, which lasts for up to three months, delivers ...

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Health

Delivering Hope is a labour of love

For some women it will be a day of celebrating achievements. For many others, though, International Women’s Day will offer no respite from the absence of even the mos...

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