Burden of birth
Maternal deaths in Bihar go unreported, while state claims maternal mortality ratio has decreased
State of malnourished children
CAG’s latest report blames poor management of anganwadis in Gujarat for the problem
Children of a lesser god
Ankur Paliwal finds out why Shravasti district is the worst place for a child to be born in
Government launches new health programme for adolescents
Earlier schemes were confined only to sexual and reproductive health, say health officials
Get your own vaccine
Down To Earth filed an RTI application to find out the reason of vaccine shortage in India. The response revealed how a plan to promote private …
Health ministry merges TB programme with rural health mission
TB control supervision will suffer, say officials manning the programme
The Gates accounts
CBI gets tough on rural health mission scam in Uttar Pradesh
How Central funds meant for upgrading healthcare facilities are siphoned off
Prevention is cure
When preventive measures can fight encephalitis, is there a need for treatment in ill-equipped primary health centres?
Chhattisgarh to outsource diagnostic services in government hospitals
Activists say these centres will end up serving outside patients at the cost of hospital patients
Why India remains malnourished
Despite a fast-growing economy and the largest anti-malnutrition programme, India has the world’s worst level of child malnutrition. The …
Mission health for all
What prime minister needs to do to make good his promise on making 12th Five-Year Plan a health plan
Uttar Pradesh engages Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to improve health, agriculture and financial services to the poor
Health activists wary
Pentavalent vaccine approved in five more states. Health ministry brushes aside safety concerns
Four children in Kerala reportedly died immediately after the vaccine was administered
No infrastructure for universal health coverage in India, says report
Infrastructure for primary healthcare has decreased in the past decade
The link between blood pressure and suicides
Healthcare services for adivasis in a shambles
Pregnant, anaemic, adivasi women do not even get iron tablets
Education policy for kids under six
Experts say the plan misses diet, care and ignores children with special needs
Bihar’s ambulance service staff go on strike
They have not been paid salaries for six months; private companies operating services under PPP model blame government
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 …
Budget brings no relief to health sector
FM does not mention Universal Health Coverage, combines rural and urban health missions while making allocations
Unhealthy countryside
It was once associated with the rich and urban. Today, hypertension is fast spreading in rural India. This is a cause for concern because …
Rising trend
Poor and the young are new victims of hypertension
Political parties use rural health mission scam stick to beat Mayawati government
Bahujan Samaj Party leader defiant blames UPA for the mess