Tamil Nadu to provide medical help to tribals of Attappady
Kerala and Tamil Nadu hold secretary-level talks to arrange for patients to be referred to Coimbatore Medical College
Malnutrition caused infant deaths in Attappady, Kerala minister tells Assembly
But, in report to Centre, state denies malnutrition as the reason behind infant mortality in tribal block
Essential healthcare services failed in Attappady: UNICEF
Doctors and staff at health centres, tribal hospital not following protocol for emergency maternal and new born care; essential drugs missing
Infant deaths continue in Attappady
As advisor to prime minister visits the tribal block panchayat, activists demand special care for pregnant adivasi women
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
Victims of development
Schemes launched by the government in Attappady have reduced the area’s tribals to wage labourers and has disempowered them
The widening nutrition gap
Difference in the nutritional status of Kerala’s general rural populace and that of Attappady could be as high as 50 per cent
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