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Menaka Rao
Menaka Rao is a Scroll.in staffer.
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Zika does what dengue could not: Forces Rajasthan to start mosquito control initiatives
A health official said that vector control in Jaipur was “sub-optimal” even after 15 days after the Zika outbreak came to light.
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50 pregnant women in Jaipur test positive for Zika – but India lacks protocol to monitor them
Zika infections in pregnant women can lead to birth defects in babies. India’s guidelines on Zika are silent on how to tackle this.
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A crucial drug used to treat HIV in children is fast running out in many parts of India
This is the second such critical stock out of paediatric drugs in two years.
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Trending
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Does India really benefit from NRIs heading the world’s new-age empires?
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A journalist examines the similarities and the differences between Indians and Pakistanis today
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The unsolved mystery of the fake PMO officer in Kashmir
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Calls for an environment-friendly Ramzan revive Islam’s long tradition of caring for the planet
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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ review: Even higher stakes and crazier action
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Two fathers have shown how arduous it is to fight medical malpractice and corruption in India
Jayant Singh and Gopendra Parmar lost their children at private hospitals. Parmar was forced to settle his case. Singh continues a legal battle.
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Unsafe sex and drug use in India’s prisons is leading to high HIV rates
But prison officials are in denial, say coordinators of the National AIDS Control Organisation’s prison intervention programme.
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TB patients asked to submit Aadhaar for a compensation scheme that is yet to be finalised
Patients were promised monetary support for nutrition and loss of work. Their treatment is over but the money is yet to come.
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Video
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Watch: SUV is stranded in the middle of a river, passengers have to be rescued
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‘Can you feel it?’ Watch Jennifer Aniston and Jimmy Fallon guess what’s inside mystery box
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Watch: Massive fire breaks out in a factory in Gujarat’s Valsad, huge plume of smoke covers the sky
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Caught on camera: The moment when a train collided with a bus at a railway crossing in Bangladesh
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‘A reporter is arrested under a law meant for terrorists...’: A newspaper editor on press freedom
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India’s laws on organ transplants do little to protect rights of organ donors
The legal framework needs to ensure that the donor gives informed consent as well as legal and medical aid for donors.
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Smog outdoors, toxic cooking fumes indoors: Delhi’s slum dwellers have double the breathing trouble
Household air pollution from dirty cooking fuels causes chest and heart diseases, lung cancer. It is also associated with higher rates of stillbirths.
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India will miss its deadline to eliminate kala azar by the end of December
Elimination of the disease has been just out of reach due to new outbreaks, poor surveillance and uneven implementation of sand fly control measures.
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The Reel
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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ review: Even higher stakes and crazier action
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Watch: Oppression and rebellion in Independence-era drama ‘August 16 1947’
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‘Gumraah’ trailer: Crime thriller stars Aditya Roy Kapur in a double role, Mrunal Thakur as a cop
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How OP Nayyar was one of the original disruptors of Hindi film music
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Watch: The blunder years in ‘School College Ani Life’ starring Tejasswi Prakash, Karan Parab
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Interview: How South Africa pushed through major reforms to make medicines more affordable
Anban Pillay of South Africa’s health department explains how the country regulated drug prices despite protests by doctors and pharmaceutical companies.
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Why India’s free online condom store is succeeding when the government’s distribution system is not
Repeated condom stock outs and faulty distribution make it difficult for people to get condoms through the public health system.
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Why Aadhaar is prompting HIV positive people to drop out of treatment programmes across India
The government claims Aadhaar is not mandatory to access healthcare. But HIV patients say they are being coerced into submitting their numbers.
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The Field
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Women’s Boxing World C’ships: Nitu, Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain, Saweety reach finals
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IND v AUS: Rohit Sharma on workload management for World Cup – ‘Up to IPL franchises and players’
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ISSF World Cup Bhopal: Rhythm-Varun win mixed pistol silver; Rudrankksh-Narmada claim rifle bronze
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Watch: When Mesut Ozil produced 19 assists for Arsenal in the 2015-’16 Premier League season
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Football: India earns narrow win over Myanmar in tri-nation opener; Women’s team draw against Jordan