-TheWire.in Even in a state like Kerala, higher human development indices have not translated into equally solid gender outcomes. An interesting public policy question that has emerged over the last few years is why high human development indices are not translating into a better ‘gender status’ for Kerala. The Human Development Index (HDI) in Kerala (0.763) is the highest in India. The HDI is estimated as the geometric mean of three crucial aspects...
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Raging Pandemic and Unreliable Monsoon: The Unending Sorrow of the Homeless -Ritwika Mitra
-Newsclick.in According to the Census 2011 the country has more than 1.7 million homeless people, among whom 938,384 live in urban areas. However, the number of homeless persons remains grossly under-documented till date. Sultana and her husband, Sheikh Mofizul, are still struggling to come to terms with the death of their newborn. There is a lot to deal with – the loss of livelihood, death of a 13-day-old child, the deteriorating health...
More »Financial burden of child births is rising in India -- even in free public health facilities -Prem Shankar Mishra and TS Syamala
-ThePrint.in ISEC Bangalore researchers studied NFHS data to find that out-of-pocket expenditure for a normal delivery at a public facility is higher for rural households (Rs 5,368) than urban (Rs 4,330). Maternal and Child healthcare services in India – including antenatal care, natal care (institutional delivery, or births delivered in a medical facility), postnatal care, and childcare – are meant to be free of cost in public health facilities. Several policies and...
More »Casteism and communalism: Why Indian children are shorter than even their counterparts in Africa -Shoaib Daniyal
-Scroll.in Caste and religious identity have to be explicitly accounted for if the high burden of chronic malnourishment in India is to be addressed. There are few more glaring holes in the Indian development story than Child health and nutrition. India has one of the highest rates of child stunting in the world: more than a third of its children under five years are short enough for their age to be counted as...
More »Stop compulsory food fortification: Health activists write to FSSAI
-GaonConnection.com The Indian government is considering ‘mandatory’ food fortification in the country. Several health experts have written to FSSAI calling the decision ‘a blanket approach’ to meet the complexity of malnutrition in the country. Details here. At least 170 people and organisations, including medical experts and nutritionists, have today, on August 2, written a letter to Ashok Kumar Mishra, the assistant director of Food Fortification Resource Centre, department that regulates food under...
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