Tuberculosis infection: 27% of new cases in 2017 were reported from India, says WHO

Two-thirds of the 10 million infections occurred in eight countries, with India accounting for most of them.

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· Sep 20, 2018 · 12:10 pm

In India, air pollution led to more lung diseases than smoking in 2016, finds new study

Air pollution led to 53% of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder cases in 2016 while 25.4% is attributed to tobacco use.

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· Sep 13, 2018 · 10:09 am

Video: As rising costs make health care inaccessible to many, should private hospitals be regulated?

India ranks a dismal 154 on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index, even as private health booms.

Smitha Nair

· Nov 21, 2017 · 08:45 am

What India’s inconsistent C-section rates say about the state of its healthcare system

District-wise C-section rates are often either too high or too low. This shows underlying inequalities and the need for target-oriented policy design.

Prateek Mittal, IndiaSpend.com

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Vartika Singh, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 09, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Tamil Nadu reports India’s fourth case of Zika

Health authorities said the patient has no history of travel to countries with the outbreak, and that the virus may have been locally transmitted.

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· Jul 10, 2017 · 07:20 pm

India’s quiet tide of childhood obesity

The problem is underestimated and transcends socio-economic differences.

Kamala Thiagarajan, Indiaspend.com

· May 07, 2016 · 09:30 pm

Mizoram shows how good sanitation can reduce child malnutrition

As many as 92% households in the state had access to sanitation at the end of the 2011 Census, against 82% in the 2001 census.

Prachi Salve and Saumya Tewari, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 07, 2016 · 09:30 pm

Indian states that keep mothers healthy have the healthiest children

A reason why the facilities were improved was to meet the Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality ratio to 109 per 100,000 live births by 2015.

Prachi Salve and Saumya Tewari, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 06, 2016 · 09:30 pm

Despite soaring child-health spending, 40 million Indian children are stunted

India accounts for 27% of the world's neonatal deaths and 21% of all child deaths.

Prachi Salve and Saumya Tewari, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 05, 2016 · 09:30 pm

Verbal jugglery lets 86% Indians have ‘safe drinking water’

The government has exaggerated numbers, thanks to the definition of 'safe drinking water'.

Aarti Kelkar - Khambete

· Oct 09, 2015 · 07:30 pm