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Improving Rural Health Care, One Boat Trip At A Time

More than 10 years ago, Sanjoy Hazarika heard about the death of a mother in a remote island in Assam, a state in northeast India, because she couldn’t get to the hos...

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Health

India Partners With American NGO To Meet Its Maternal Health Goals

To alleviate the issue of maternal and infant deaths in India, the government launched a unique MAMTA card in Rajasthan and Gujarat a couple of years ago. The card tracks c...

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Environment

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

Mumbai: Since 2010, 40% Rise In Maternal Deaths; TB Top Killer

Maternal deaths in Mumbai have increased 40% over the past five years. Data from the civic body, which records these deaths every month, revealed that the top cause of mate...

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Environment

India's Deadly Heat Wave Could Be A Glimpse Of Things To Come

Indians are suffering from temperatures topping 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 Celsius) and nearing 122 F (50 C) in some states where amenities like air conditioning are rare. ...

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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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Bollywood

Between Life Support And Death

In the recent Bollywood release Piku, 70-year-old Bhaskar Banerjee played by Amitabh Bachchan expresses shock that Rana (Irrfan Khan) allowed his cancer-stricken father to ...

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Environment

Here's Why Dolphins Continue to Die in the Gulf of Mexico

Researchers say they've now firmly connected the high rates of dolphin deaths seen in the northern Gulf of Mexico to the 5-year-old Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which damag...

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Hollywood

Kristen Bell Honored For Commitment To Improving Health Of Women Worldwide

Jhpiego, an international health care non-profit and affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, honored actress-activist Kristen Bell and Los Angeles physician Howie Mandel for...

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Health

Every Newborn Action Plan Progress Report, Strategies Toward Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality launch at 68th World Health Assembly

Countries taking bold steps to end preventable newborn deaths within a generation; framework for ending maternal mortality released GENEVA, Switzerland, 19 May 2015 —...

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