These women in Rajasthan survived sterilisation surgeries but still became pregnant

After their surgeries failed, some women went on to have their fourth or fifth child. Among them, many did not know they were eligible for compensation.

Menaka Rao

· Yesterday · 02:30 pm

Transplant surgery for Sasikala’s husband highlights skewed organ donation practices across India

Loopholes in organ transplant rules incentivise private hospitals receiving organs from smaller government and non-transplant facilities.

Menaka Rao

· Oct 09, 2017 · 02:30 pm

This thriller portraying an outbreak of a mysterious disease is too close to reality for comfort

Public health services are troublingly unequipped to handle the situation described in Sidin Vadukut’s ‘Bombay Fever’.

Menaka Rao

· Oct 07, 2017 · 07:00 am

Decoding India’s infant mortality numbers: The decline has been predictable, not dramatic

Despite the health ministry’s claim of ‘remarkable achievements over one year’, the improvement is a continuation of a decade-long trend.

Menaka Rao

· Oct 05, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Interview: WHO's new deputy director general Soumya Swaminathan spells out her priorities

Swaminathan has been appointed deputy director general of the World Health Organisation and will be the first Indian to hold such a high post.

Menaka Rao

· Oct 04, 2017 · 07:30 am

Injection drug users fall through the gaps in India’s tuberculosis treatment programme

The National TB programme does not have a strategy to diagnose and treat this high risk group.

Menaka Rao

· Sep 29, 2017 · 02:30 pm

India has prevented one million child deaths due to disease since 2005. More needs to be done

Prabhat Jha, lead author of a new study on India’s declining child mortality, tells us how government health schemes have made this possible

Menaka Rao

· Sep 21, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Proposed e-cigarette ban: Users are up in arms, fear they will return to smoking tobacco

Many users of e-cigarettes say the devices have helped them quit tobacco. But the jury is out on the actual safety of these vapourisers.

Menaka Rao

· Sep 19, 2017 · 02:44 pm

Explainer: Why conducting psychometric tests on school employees will do little for child safety

The CBSE has asked its schools to conduct psychometric evaluations of all school staff. But these tests cannot predict psychopathic behavior, say psychiatrists.

Menaka Rao

· Sep 18, 2017 · 02:45 pm

The cases of two child rape victims show why India needs guidelines for late-term abortions

Doctors and the courts have offered differing opinions on terminating pregnancies beyond 20 weeks.

Menaka Rao

· Sep 13, 2017 · 02:30 pm

RTI reveals lukewarm response from states to Niti Aayog’s model for privatising health care

The blueprint for bidding out district hospitals for 30 years does not hold private players accountable, warn Tamil Nadu and Odisha.

Menaka Rao

· Sep 07, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Privatising district hospitals: Health ministry, states, experts had little say in Niti Aayog plan

RTI documents show that Niti Aayog largely worked with World Bank and top private healthcare industry.

Menaka Rao

· Sep 06, 2017 · 02:30 pm