Public health
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Most of the world’s poor continue to use unhealthy and polluting traditional cookstoves
Gayathri Vaidyanathan
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India’s politicians are unlikely to do much to tackle air pollution in election year
Patralekha Chatterjee
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Children choke on toxic air in the shadow of Delhi’s burning mountain of garbage
Vijayta Lalwani
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Can we prevent violent crime by treating it like an infectious disease?
Samira Shackle, Mosaic
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Through baby steps, women of Andhra Pradesh’s Araku Valley are being taught about maternal health
Basudev Mahapatra
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India’s plan to restrict life-saving drug could endanger women during childbirth, say experts
Nayantara Narayanan
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Why shutting down Sterlite’s polluting copper factory in Thoothukudi is only a small victory
Nityanand Jayaraman
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The Daily Fix: Why is a doctor once feted for saving lives in the UP hospital tragedy still in jail?
Ipsita Chakravarty
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Low-cost, low-maintenance solutions helped an Odisha village get clean drinking water
Rakhi Ghosh
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PM’s plan for free gas connections is failing its objective – as government had been warned it would
Nitin Sethi Aroon Deep
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Severe air pollution is choking Dhaka – but much of it could be easily tackled
Kamran Reza Chowdhury
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Vaccination rates among India’s rich have dropped, the national family health survey shows
Nayantara Narayanan
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2017 in review: These three stories from the year show India’s apathy towards public healthcare
Scroll Staff
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To fix India’s flailing public health system, health sub-centres need to be improved first
Kanika Sharma
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Odisha: 46 people fall ill after chlorine leak in government-run hospital in Cuttack
Scroll Staff
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Odisha: 46 people fall ill after chlorine leak in government-run hospital in Cuttack
Scroll Staff
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North India has been in a state of air pollution emergency for years, says transport researcher
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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Rajasthan is trying to fix staff shortages at health facilities – but that’s creating other problems
Menaka Rao
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India has imported millions of tonnes of GM food products in violation of food safety laws
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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Looming crisis: How Bangladesh is desperately working to prevent disease outbreak in Rohingya camps
Tarek Mahmud