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Health equity through transparency and accountability

Health equity through transparency and accountability

Better data is needed to enhance state intervention in health and nutrition and harness the strengths of the …

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The encephalitis challenge

The encephalitis challenge

Barely a month before the deaths of children in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, allegedly due to the disruption o…

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Nutrition As The Main Pillar To A Healthy And Wealthy India

Nutrition As The Main Pillar To A Healthy And Wealthy India

Countries like India are in a phase of transition where the public policy challenges presented by overnutriti…

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Stunting, Malnutrition And Its Impact On India's Workforce

Stunting, Malnutrition And Its Impact On India's Workforce

Stunting has permanent and irreversible consequences, hindering the physical and mental development of an ind…

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Promoting Exclusive Breastfeeding: Essential For Better Nutrition In India

Promoting Exclusive Breastfeeding: Essential For Better Nutrition In India

To meet the World Health Assembly target for breastfeeding, the government needs to promote breastfeeding in …

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Investing In Human Capital: Towards An Anaemia Free India

Investing In Human Capital: Towards An Anaemia Free India

Anaemic women tend to be at a higher risk of maternal mortality India's long-term growth strategy must be peg…

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China As India's Main Bulk Drugs Supplier: Helplessness Or Cautious Evolution? - Analysis

China As India's Main Bulk Drugs Supplier: Helplessness Or Cautious Evolution? - Analysis

By Observer Research Foundation There is indeed no room for complacency while dealing with China, but as a bi…

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UP's healthcare paradox: From worse than Haiti to better than rest of India

UP's healthcare paradox: From worse than Haiti to better than rest of India

At a time when India's sex ratio at birth is low and declining- from 909 (2011) to 887 (2014) -there are, in …

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Punjab election: More wasted children, anaemic people than before in the state

Punjab election: More wasted children, anaemic people than before in the state

The popular caricature of Punjabis is of a robust, relatively rich people made that way by hearty eating and …

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Among poll-bound states, UP spends least on health, reflects in its ill-health

Among poll-bound states, UP spends least on health, reflects in its ill-health

With 200 million people, Uttar Pradesh (UP) has about the same population as Brazil; an economy the size of Q…

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Health data variations show why UP's health programme needs overhaul

Health data variations show why UP's health programme needs overhaul

At a time when India's sex ratio at birth is low and declining-from 909 (2011) to 887 (2014)-there are, in po…

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#Elections2017: More Wasted Children, Anaemic Men, Women Than Before In Once Robust Punjab

#Elections2017: More Wasted Children, Anaemic Men, Women Than Before In Once Robust Punjab

Patients queue up outside the out-patient department at the Civil Hospital in Tarn Taran, 25 km south of Amri…

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UP spends least on health, ill health a major concern

UP spends least on health, ill health a major concern

With 200 million people, Uttar Pradesh (UP) has about the same population as Brazil; an economy the size of Q…

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Good, bad, ugly: Health of 5 states going to polls

Good, bad, ugly: Health of 5 states going to polls

While healthcare has largely been a neglected issue in past general elections, major parties started talking …

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Down to the district: Health of the five states going to polls

Down to the district: Health of the five states going to polls

While healthcare has largely been a neglected issue in past Indian general elections, major parties started t…

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Assembly elections 2017: Know the healthcare status of these five poll-bound states

Assembly elections 2017: Know the healthcare status of these five poll-bound states

New Delhi: While healthcare has largely been a neglected issue in past general elections, major parties start…

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How the five poll-bound Indian states fare in terms of health

How the five poll-bound Indian states fare in terms of health

While healthcare has largely been a neglected issue in past Indian general elections, major parties started t…

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Down To The District: The Health Of 5 States Going To Polls

Down To The District: The Health Of 5 States Going To Polls

While healthcare has largely been a neglected issue in past Indian general elections, major parties started t…

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Good, bad, ugly: Health of 5 states going to polls

Good, bad, ugly: Health of 5 states going to polls

While healthcare has largely been a neglected issue in past general elections, major parties started talking …

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Down to the district: The healthcare crisis in 5 states going to polls

Down to the district: The healthcare crisis in 5 states going to polls

While healthcare has largely been a neglected issue in past Indian general elections, major parties started t…

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A Look At The Health And Nutrition Status of Five Poll-bound States - Everylifecounts.NDTV.com

A Look At The Health And Nutrition Status of Five Poll-bound States - Everylifecounts.NDTV.com

By Oommen C. Kurian, Shalini Rudra, Rhea Colaco and Raushan Tara Jaswal/ IndiaSpend While healthcare has larg…

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Down To The District: The health of 5 states going to the polls

Down To The District: The health of 5 states going to the polls

While healthcare has largely been a neglected issue in past Indian general elections, major parties started t…

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Assembly Elections 2017: Healthcare Status of 5 States Going to Polls

Assembly Elections 2017: Healthcare Status of 5 States Going to Polls

While healthcare has largely been a neglected issue in past general elections, major parties started talking …

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Why It's a Challenge To Make Quick Sense of India's Health Data

Why It's a Challenge To Make Quick Sense of India's Health Data

Data released by the Registrar General of India in December 2016 showed that India's infant mortality rate (I…

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