Uttarakhand safest for newborns: first annual health survey

The first ever annual health survey (AHS) released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on May 3 rates Uttarakhand as the safest state in India for child to be born...

Most infant deaths in India occur on first day of birth

In spite of reducing child mortality, deaths of infants in India on the first day of birth is still way too high and likely to hamper it from achieving the millennium devel...

Forget development goals. Focus on community empowerment

Five things we must do if we are serious about sustainable development

Instead of sustainable development goals that seek community participation, climate adaptatio...

Malaria deaths among children under five halved since turn of the century

World Health Organisation report identifies 51% drop among under-fives between 2000-12, and 45% fall across all ages

Between 2000 and 2012, malaria deaths among und...

Delivering World-Class Health Care, Affordably

India might be the last place on earth where you’d expect to find health care innovation. Government programs have finally brought some infectious diseases under cont...