Health

Family Planning Is 'Critical Link' In Eradicating Poverty

Giving people access to family planning is crucial to achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030, reproductive health experts said this week. Speaking at an in...

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Breastfeeding Could Prevent 800,000 Child Deaths, Lancet Says

If almost every mother breastfed her children it could prevent more than 800,000 child deaths a year, yet governments are failing to promote and support breastfeeding, with ra...

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Breastfeeding Could Prevent 800,000 Child Deaths, Lancet Says

If almost every mother breastfed her children it could prevent more than 800,000 child deaths a year, yet governments are failing to promote and support breastfeeding, with ra...

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Not-So-Bitter Pill

Oral contraceptive use not associated with increased birth defects risk. Oral contraceptives taken just before or during pregnancy do not increase the risk of birth defects, a...

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Not-So-Bitter Pill

Oral contraceptive use not associated with increased birth defects risk. Oral contraceptives taken just before or during pregnancy do not increase the risk of birth defects, a...

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Taking Community Health To The Market

As she rocks her restless baby, Tia Pertiwi listens as three women with aprons imprinted with images of the reproductive system explain how contraception works.  Besides ...

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10 Twitter Accounts Making A Difference In The Way Babies Are Fed

Anyone who has ever had a baby knows that there’s a certain learning curve, especially when it comes to feeding them. While in-person and hands-on help with a profession...

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Maternal Deaths ‘Still A Significant Problem’ In India

Maternal deaths are still a significant problem in India despite the introduction of a cash incentive scheme to encourage women to give birth in proper health facilities more ...

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Next Week Is Motherhood Week, 1l Pregnant Women Targeted

Allahabad: With an objective to take better care of pregnant women and ensure antenatal care (ANC), the health department would hold Motherhood Week from January 27 to Februar...

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10 Million Women To Receive Vital Health Education Through Mobiles By Imimobile, BBC Media Action And The Gates Foundation.

IMImobile, which helps companies to engage with their customers via mobile technologies, has teamed up with BBC Media Action, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Fo...

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POLITICS: A NATION AT CROSSROADS AND APATHY

India stands at a crossroads, grappling with economic disparity, political polarization,...

November 24 2024

GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGING THE SACRED AND THE ARTISTIC

A spiritual and artistic celebration that brings the divine essence of Varanasi’s ...

November 22 2024