-TheWire.in In addition to the increased risk of DISEase, the lack of sanitation facilities also makes women and girls susceptible to harassment. India, the world’s second-largest country by population, has the highest number of people (732 million) without access to toilets, according to a new report. The report by WaterAid, titled Out Of Order:The State of the World’s Toilets 2017, further stated that 355 million women and girls lack access to a toilet....
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19% of Indians drink water with lethal levels of arsenic -Radheshyam Jadhav
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: About 239 million people across 153 districts in 21 states drink water that contains unacceptably high levels of arsenic. In effect, they are being slowly poisoned. Calculations based on information provided by the water resources ministry in response to a question in the Lok Sabha reveal that 65% of Assam's population, or about 21 million people, is drinking arsenic-contaminated water, while it's 60% in Bihar...
More »UP is Shifting the Burden of Inefficient Power Companies Onto its Most DISEnfranchised Citizens -Kabir Agarwal
-TheWire.in While the hike in power prices will increase rural distress, many farmers believe the move is particularly cruel because the quality of rural power supply hasn’t improved. Garhmukteshwar (Uttar Pradesh): Voting in the civic polls of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)-governed Uttar Pradesh (UP) concluded on November 29. A day later, a huge power tariff hike of up to 150% for rural consumers was announced in the state. While the tariff hike,...
More »A toolkit to think local -Soumya Swaminathan & Lalit Dandona
-The Hindu The findings of the India State-Level DISEase Burden Initiative will aid in decentralised health planning Policymakers in India need reliable DISEase burden data at subnational levels. Planning based on local trends can improve the health of populations more effectively. Till now, a comprehensive assessment of the DISEases causing the most premature deaths and ill health in each State, the risk factors responsible for this burden and their time trends have...
More »Why are there disparities between States on DISEases? -Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu What is the report? The India State-Level DISEase Burden report, a first-of-its-kind assessment of causes for DISEases in each State from 1990 to 2016, was released recently. A team of scientists evaluated the DISEases causing the most premature deaths and ill-health in each State. It found out, for instance, that life expectancy at birth in the country has improved significantly. What is worrying? However, the report indicated many health inequalities among States,...
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