-Down to Earth Bihar government has not focussed on ramping up testing despite its claims to the contrary, say activists Bihar is not testing enough even as novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have surged in the past few days, an analysis of official state data shows. This is contrary to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Health Minister Mangal Pandey’s claim that the state is conducting a large number of tests. Bihar tested 184,750...
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Uttar Pradesh Worst Performer in NITI Aayog Health Index, Kerala top for 4th Year -Abdul Alim Jafri
-Newsclick.in The poll-bound state ranked the worst in institutional deliveries both in 2014-15 and 2019-20. Lucknow: With less than three months left for the Assembly elections, the Yogi Adityanath government has received some less than flattering news with Uttar Pradesh (UP) once again figuring at the bottom of 19 large states and Left-rule Kerala emerging as the state with the best overall health performance for the fourth consecutive year on the fourth...
More »Witch hunting: 83% of Odisha's cases in six districts, says report -Priya Ranjan Sahu
-Down to Earth Most of the victims were targeted for “causing health issues or crop failure” Witch-hunts are still highly prevalent in 12 of Odisha’s 30 districts — especially Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Malkangiri, Gajapati and Ganjam — a new report has claimed. Most victims of such superstitious practices were targeted for “causing health issues or crop failure”. Around 27 per cent cases were triggered by health issues in children, 43.5 per cent by...
More »Kerala and Tamil Nadu bucked the trend of falling Total Fertility Rate, indicates the latest NFHS data
After the release of the second phase data of the National Family Health Survey Fifth Round (NFHS-5), media commentators and experts have written that the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) for India has gone down just below the replacement-level fertility. The TFR for the entire nation was 2.2 in 2015-16, which decreased to 2.0 in 2019-21. According to the United Nations, the replacement-level fertility is reached when the TFR of a...
More »After arsenic, fluoride and iron, now high levels of radioactive uranium in Bihar’s groundwater - OP Singh
-GaonConnection.com At least ten districts of Bihar have reported high levels of uranium in their groundwater, the primary source of drinking water in rural areas, which far exceeds the tolerable limit prescribed by the World Health Organization. Millions in Bihar are already facing a high disease burden due to elevated levels of arsenic, fluoride and iron in their water. Presence of uranium has multiplied their worries manifold. The state government is...
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