-The Hindu A new provisional data from a survey conducted by the government and UNICEF shows The proportion of underweight children in India might have declined from 45.1 per cent in 2005-6 to a historic low of 30.7 per cent last year, new provisional data from a survey conducted by the government and UNICEF shows. Since 2005-6, there has been no new data on child and adult weights and heights, key in determining...
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In village of first farmer suicide, time stands still -Shailendra Paranjpe
-DNA Yavatmal (Maharashtra): As another election approaches Bothbodan village near Yavatmal tries to confront its own grim future. Two elections have gone by after Vinod Rathod, a cotton farmer in the village committed suicide on January 25, 2003. It was one of the first farmer suicides in the region that sparked off a fate of such suicides which have continued to shock the country and reflects the sorry state of cotton farmers...
More »For public health as political priority -Sujatha Rao
-The Hindu A systemic reform of the health sector in order to meet the key objectives of equity, efficiency and quality is long overdue. In this, the Central and State governments need to make interventions intelligently, decisively and strategically so that the poor reap the benefits How does Prime Minister Narendra Modi's focus on population, health and subjects like public hygiene, the facilitation of toilets and ensuring preventive health through yoga fit...
More »Fighting India’s silent epidemic -Soumya Swaminathan and Chapal Mehra
-The Hindu Tackling TB requires both strengthening the public sector and engaging the private sector Over 60 per cent of all Indians seek health care in the private sector according to India's last National Family Health Survey. This undoubtedly makes the private sector the largest provider of health services in India. The government health system, though vast and well-intentioned, continues to be overburdened with multiple challenges including long waiting hours, an ageing...
More »India reduces hunger, moves up 8 ranks in global index -Aditi Nigam
-The Hindu Business Line In a pat on the back for the erstwhile UPA Government's flagship programmes, the Global Hunger Index 2014 (GHI) has noted a significant improvement in the levels of hunger in India, especially among children, between 2005-06 and 2013-14. Overall, however, two billion people in the developing world are still under-nourished and suffer from ‘hidden hunger', with the situation "alarming" in 14 countries, even as the deadline for the...
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