Uttarakhand safest for newborns: first annual health survey
Survey will help measure progress of development goals and formulate district-level plans better, says health ministry
Baby food contaminated with endocrine disruptor bisphenol A
ICAR to launch tuber crops scheme in Attappady
Kerala chief minister claims it will provide food and livelihood security of tribals
Healthcare services for adivasis in a shambles
Pregnant, anaemic, adivasi women do not even get iron tablets
Sinking in illicit liquor
Most men in tribal hamlets spend all their wages on hooch and women are doomed to shoulder the burden of their families
Why infant deaths continue in north Bengal
Over 350 infants have died in spurts at the Malda district hospital in the past few years; malnourishment, overcrowding and almost non-existent …
Mobile technology to be used to improve maternal and child health in Africa
Smartphones will help health workers track the health of expecting mothers and their unborn children
What ails Bundi?
Dinsa Sachan scours the Rajasthan district’s health centres for answers
‘Restore land to tribals; allow them to be self-reliant’
K K Usha Raju took charge as president of Attappady block in Kerala seven months ago. She is 31 years old and belongs to Muduga tribal community. …
Victims of development
Schemes launched by the government in Attappady have reduced the area’s tribals to wage labourers and has disempowered them
The land betrayal
Attappady's tribals have been alienated from their land by settlers as well as the government. This is the root cause of their poor health status …
Criminal neglect takes toll on Attappady tribes
30 infants die in five months as result of malnutrition; rural development minister announces Rs 125 crore package