-The Telegraph New Delhi: Four out of every 10 children in Bihar suffer from stunting, a condition marked by impaired growth and development, despite overall improvements by the state on several measures of nutrition over the past decade, a report has said. The report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) that analysed changes in Bihar between 2006 and 2016 has found that in 36 out of the state's 38 districts,...
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Rajasthan signs MoU to battle child malnutrition
-The Hindu Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has signed a memorandum of understanding with three funding agencies to improve the nutritional status of children in 50 blocks of 20 districts. The new MoU was signed by the National Health Mission’s (NHM) State unit and the State Women and Child Development Department with the Tata Trust, Action Contre La Faim (Action Against Hunger) of France and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) on...
More »Are Abortions Really On The Decline In India? -Rukmini S
-HuffingtonPost.in The available numbers could be telling only part of the truth. An RTI query has revealed that for the first time in this decade, the number of abortions in Mumbai has fallen. But are abortions on the decline in the country as a whole? "Going by the data that we have from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), the trend has show an increase in abortions," says Poonam Muttreja, Executive...
More »In Bundelkhand, Acute Water Shortage and Heat Wave Cause Distress, Forced Migration -Bharat Dogra
-TheWire.in Without functioning hand pumps or any government intervention, villagers are being forced to drink contaminated water, exposing them to skin infections and diseases. Bundelkhand: Bundelkhand region, which is spread over 13 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, has often been in the news due to acute drinking water shortage. As the heat wave intensified and the water crisis peaked in many parts of the region, I spent three days –...
More »Soon, hospitals may have to list C-section data -Mohua Das
-The Times of India MUMBAI: The government is in the process of drafting a clause that makes it mandatory for hospitals empanelled under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) to publicly display the number of Caesarean section and normal deliveries they have carried out. The move comes after the Centre received a citizen's' petition in February which drew attention to the alarming rise in the number of C-sections in India, mainly...
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