Tackling the Problem of Acute Malnutrition

According to the Registrar General of India, in 2010, under-five mortality in India was 59 per 1,000 live birth...

NFHS reveals Shocking Information about Marital Rape, use of Condoms and Sterilization

The National Family and Health Survey is a treasure box of valuable information. It is a large-scale, multi-rou...

Educate Girls to curb India's ever-growing Population

The explosive growth in the Indian population could be curbed significantly if teenage girls in this developing country were given the oppor...

Use of Contraceptives – a long way Ahead

Contraceptives are what people have been using since the beginning of civilization. Access to effective contraceptives is key to women’s well-being and autonomy &ndas...

Famished India behind Myanmar and Bangladesh on the Global Hunger Index

With one of the highest rates of child malnutrition in the world, India has won notoriety as one of the nutritional basket cases of the world over the past few years. Globa...

The Right to Death

The Supreme Court on Tuesday opposed the notion of allowing patients to create a 'living will'. Known as an 'advanced medical directive' in legal jargon, the bill is meant ...

Take the Stairs to get the Stares

Starting today, healthy living is within your reach. Sure, healthy living is a long-term commitment, not a flash-in-the-pan fad. But there are steps you can take right now ...

Sustaining our Development

The CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Sue Desmond-Hellmann spoke to livemint.com, discussing the need to provide healthcare to India's poor to achieve the susta...

The Lack of the Land

We may be the 4th fastest growing economy in the world, but something as basic as food is still a source of worry for a majority of our people.

A survey by the Nati...