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Will open defecation end by 2012? (14 August 08:38) |
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The short answer appears to be no. Some 4,959 villages have bagged the Nirmal Gram Puraskar (clean village prize) so far, for
having flush toilets in every household and school. But th... |
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Tech to the aid of autistic children (14 August 08:38) |
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Recent research has shown that computer/digital technologies can
help children with autism (and other disabilities) learn and
communicate better. A computer training workshop for... |
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The positive lives of Bagalkot (14 August 08:38) |
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Bagalkot district in Karnataka is today emerging as a model for how AIDS awareness can make all the difference in stemming the disease. It is also showing how it is not difficult to cr... |
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Death of new-borns and the Kerala model (14 August 08:38) |
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38 babies died in one hospital in Thiruvananthapuram over the past four
months, shocking a state which boasts of the lowest infant mortality rate
in the country. The much discuss... |
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Taking stock of water and sanitation (14 August 08:38) |
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India's progress on ensuring water and sanitation for all its citizens is painfully slow; indeed, the country now lags neighbours Pakistan and
Bangladesh on this front, and a long roa... |
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Malnutrition rampant, may trigger crisis (14 August 08:38) |
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"India should be worried." Experts reiterate that child malnutrition
is not only responsible for 22 per cent of India's disease burden
- and for 50 per cent of the 2.3 million chi... |
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Claiming the right to health care (14 August 08:38) |
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India is notorious for its abysmal health services leading to very high infant and maternal mortality rates. Ila Pathak provides a glimpse of how
much effort it takes to get official h... |
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Goa's health care challenges (14 August 08:38) |
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Recent data on health indicators suggest that while health care in Goa remains far ahead of the national average, there are many cracks in the
system. Indeed... |
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Premature menopause risks rising, says study (14 August 08:38) |
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A pan-India survey conducted recently by the Bangalore-based Institute for
Social and Economic Change (ISEC) has brought an alarming new phenomenon of
premature menopause amongst In... |
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Sorrow and distress, thy home is Jajjal (14 August 08:38) |
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The elections in Punjab have unseated the Congress and ushered in the Akali-BJP. But will
this change the fortunes of hundreds of cancer-impacted families in the Malwa region?
Villag... |
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Condom Ads: missed messages (14 August 08:38) |
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India's attitude to condoms and contraception is worrisome at a time when promiscuity has
a stamp of approval. Condom manufacturers are pitching pleasure enhancement in their
ads, ... |
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The younger side of AIDS (14 August 08:38) |
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There are an estimated 200,000 children with HIV who are under 15 years old in the country, while some 50,000 to 60,000 children are born with HIV
each year,... |
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The forgotten Saharias of Sheopur (14 August 08:38) |
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In a number of villages in Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh, children have been dying since 2006 because of chronic malnutrition,
prompting Supreme Court commissioners to call the regi... |
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Still suffering, five years after (14 August 08:38) |
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Five years have passed after the riots, five years in which saplings have become trees and blueprints have taken the shape of buildings. But time seems to have stopped for many families a... |
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Healthcare as a broad public challenge (14 August 08:38) |
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The mounting cost of hospital care, increasing out-of-pocket expenditure, and its catastrophic impact on family finances demand an innovative and
flexib... |
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In UP, the war on polio stumbles (14 August 08:38) |
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In India's most populous state, with its low levels of sanitation, and high malnutrition rates, polio has made a dangerous comeback. The world is now
looki... |
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Will the Public Health Foundation be meaningful? (14 August 08:38) |
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The proposed Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), likely to be instituted soon, will establish five 'world class' institutes to train 1000 public health professionals every year. B... |
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Surviving a battle they fight everyday (06 April 09:37) |
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In India's business capital, the NGO Sanmitra is helping HIV positive women re-enter the mainstream workforce, thereby ensuring them a life of independence and dignity. Sumita Thapar has ... |
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Goa's health care challenges (06 April 09:37) |
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Recent data on health indicators suggest that while health care in Goa remains far ahead of the national average, there are many cracks in the
system. Indeed... |
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Goa's health care challenges (06 April 09:37) |
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Recent data on health indicators suggest that while health care in Goa remains far ahead of the national average, there are many cracks in the
system. Indeed... |
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Study: India sitting on tobacco epidemic (06 April 09:37) |
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Within in the next two years, around 10 lakh people will die because of smoking in India
alone, says one of the most comprehensive studies on the habit in the country.
India is on t... |
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Goa's health care challenges (06 April 09:37) |
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Recent data on health indicators suggest that while health care in Goa remains far ahead of the national average, there are many cracks in the
system. Indeed... |
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Their secret status and a risky schooling (06 April 09:37) |
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HIV-positive children are being thrown out of school in Uttar Pradesh by insensitive
teachers and parents alike. Many parents are afraid to let schools know that their
children are p... |
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Laureates meet: reminder to shackled Indian sciences (06 April 09:37) |
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In July, 18 Nobel laureates met with over 500 young scientists from around the world in Germany.
India sent 22 researchers. The meeting threw up many questions pertaining to the practi... |
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Goa's health care challenges (06 April 09:37) |
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Recent data on health indicators suggest that while health care in Goa remains far ahead of the national average, there are many cracks in the
system. Indeed... |
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Goa's health care challenges (06 April 09:37) |
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Recent data on health indicators suggest that while health care in Goa remains far ahead of the national average, there are many cracks in the
system. Indeed... |
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Goa's health care challenges (06 April 09:37) |
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Recent data on health indicators suggest that while health care in Goa remains far ahead of the national average, there are many cracks in the
system. Indeed... |
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Attitudes to sex need healthy injection of science (06 April 09:37) |
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Why would the Government of India deny a job to an individual who carries
a mutation in the DNA? There
is prejudice in Indian society against
individual perceived as "sexual anomali... |
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Goa's health care challenges (06 April 09:37) |
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Recent data on health indicators suggest that while health care in Goa remains far ahead of the national average, there are many cracks in the
system. Indeed... |
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Goa's health care challenges (06 April 09:37) |
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Recent data on health indicators suggest that while health care in Goa remains far ahead of the national average, there are many cracks in the
system. Indeed... |
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Goa's health care challenges (06 April 09:37) |
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Recent data on health indicators suggest that while health care in Goa remains far ahead of the national average, there are many cracks in the
system. Indeed... |
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Goa's health care challenges (06 April 09:37) |
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Recent data on health indicators suggest that while health care in Goa remains far ahead of the national average, there are many cracks in the
system. Indeed... |
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HIV: Looking beyond numbers (06 April 09:37) |
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Debates on HIV estimates often take time away from the
real issues - those that can
only be shared by people infected and affected by
the infection. The issue that
is truly critical... |
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