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Sylvia Karpagam

What ails India’s bedrock health survey: Exploited field workers, badly designed questionnaires

Many gaps need to be addressed in planning the fifth National Family Health Survey.

Sylvia Karpagam
· Feb 20, 2019 · 02:30 pm
ISKCON-run NGO refuses to follow Karnataka order to include onion, garlic in mid-day meals

The foundation has been providing meals to 4.43 lakh students in the state. But its religious beliefs contradict the government’s nutritional guidelines.

Sylvia Karpagam
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Vandana Prasad
· Dec 12, 2018 · 02:30 pm
Niti Aayog is in denial about hunger in India – but the problem is worse than the statistics show

Instead of accepting that millions of Indians need better nutrition, the organisation’s economists have argued that the Global Hunger Index is flawed.

Sylvia Karpagam
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Veena Shatrugna
· Dec 13, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Karnataka needs better regulation of private hospitals in order to protect patient rights

Private doctors are protesting price controls on medical procedures.

Sylvia Karpagam
· Jun 30, 2017 · 02:30 pm