UNICEF is fully committed to working with the Government of India to ensure that each child born in this vast and complex country gets the best start in life, thrives and develops to his or her full potential. The organisation uses quality research and data to understand issues, implements new and innovative interventions that address the situation of children, and works with partners and a network of its 13 state...

Pratham is the largest non-governmental organization working to provide quality education to the underprivileged children of India. Pratham was established in 1994 to provide pre-school education to the children in the slums of Mumbai city. Since then, the organization has grown both in scope and geographical coverage. Today, Pratham reach out to millions of children living in both rural and urban areas through a range of interventions. All its programs...

भले ही शिक्षा का अधिकार कानून में 14 साल तक बच्चों के लिए अनिवार्य और मुफ्त शिक्षा के तहत बच्चों को स्कूली पोशाक निशुल्क देने का प्रावधान है लेकिन बात उत्तरप्रदेश के शिक्षा विभाग की हो तो यही नियम उलट जाता है। यूपी के शिक्षा विभाग के ओहदेदार मुफ्त पोशाक को मुनाफे का धंधा समझते हैं और निशुल्क पोशाक का प्रावधान लागू करने के लिए अपना खास निजी शुल्क वसूलते हैं।...

The shortfalls of the health system-low levels of public health expenditure, poor infrastructure, lack of skilled human resources, inadequate supply of medicines, poor quality of care, corruption, etc. are not unknown. However, increasingly, health planning and policy discussions are foregrounding corporatization and privatization. Insurance and public private partnerships (PPPs) are the buzzwords that are claimed as pathways to universal health care, improving access to health care, etc. Notwithstanding the various...

The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today issued new guidelines for malaria treatment, marking the first time the agency has released guidance on procuring safe and effective medicines to treat the disease. The agency warned that if not used properly, artemisinin-based combination therapy, known as ACTs, which have transformed treatment in recent years, could become ineffective. “The world now has the means to rapidly diagnose malaria and treat it...