-The Times of India NEW DELHI: All is not right with the Right to Information (RTI) Act in India. A recent rating of 123 countries with functional right to information laws saw the country slip to number six on the list. While it slipped by only a notch from last year, it is several rungs down the list from 2011, when the global RTI rating stARTed. India was at number 2...
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Globally, C-section close to double since 2000: The Lancet -Anuradha Mascarenhas
-The Indian Express In India, C-section use increased from 9 per cent of births in 2005-6 to 18.5 per cent in 2015-16. Pune: The number of babies born globally through caesarean section (C-section) almost doubled between 2000 and 2015, according to a series of three papers published in The Lancet Thursday, which also shows that India has had a major increase in the number of such deliveries. A Lancet series that tracks...
More »The health transition -K Srinath Reddy
-The Indian Express Progress on non-communicable diseases should not be benchmarked against sustainable development goals. In the last week of September, India’s health ministry received the prestigious UN Inter-Agency Task Force Award for “outstanding contribution to the achievement of NCD (Non-Communicable Diseases) related SDG targets”. At the same time, a Lancet paper by the monitoring group, NCD Countdown 2030, contended that India will fall short of the NCD targets pertaining to SDGS....
More »Natural disasters cost India $80 billion in 20 years: UN report -Pradeep Thakur
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Climate change is making development highly risky, pARTicularly in lower-middle income countries like India. A study released by the UN office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) on Wednesday said India suffered economic losses of $80 billion during the 20-year period of 1998 to 2017. India has been ranked among world's top five countries in absolute economic losses. Globally, disaster losses during this period have been estimated...
More »'2 of 5 women don't report sexual assault' -Ambika Pandit
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: One in four of those reporting non-marital sexual violence are adolescents in the 15-19 age group, pointing to higher vulnerability of minors who are also less likely to report such instances to police as compared to adult women, a study on the lack of disclosure of such crimes has found. Overall, two in five female survivors do not inform anyone of sexual violence suffered. The findings...
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