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FeaturesMarooned by caste...and rising floodwaters
In caste-ridden Bihar, in the village of Math-chilaven, it is the Brahmins who are discriminated against by the powerful Yadavs. The Brahmins of Math-chilaven, a village that is entirely cut off during the monsoon months, do not even have a voice in the elections More... Fear and loathing in god's own countryAkshara (8) and Ananthu (6) have been boycotted at school and in their village of Kodiyoor in Kerala because they are HIV-positive. Following pressure from several quarters, they have now been allotted a separate room at school in which to study, and a new teacher More... Yet another committee, as government drags its feet over soft drinks standardsThe issue of contaminated soft drinks seems to have been pushed on to the backburner with the Pesticide Residues Sub-Committee deciding to set up yet another committee to monitor soft drinks for a year before any attempts are made to decide standards for pesticide contamination More... Why 40,000 pregnant women die in UP every yearUttar Pradesh has a maternal mortality rate of 707 per 100,000. Activists believe that the poor quality of reproductive health services offered by state primary health centres, and the continuing target-based approach to family planning are responsible for this. Our correspondent discovered a trail of botched sterilisations, unsafe abortions, antiquated surgical techniques and hasty cover-ups More... UP's women die in childbirth for want of a four-rupee dai kitForty thousand women die every year of childbirth and related complications in Uttar Pradesh, which has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world. Now, a tussle over where to buy dai kits has stalled their distribution to village midwives, putting more lives at risk More... The sinister targets of Indian health campsAt Usayini in Uttar Pradesh, some 'health camps' funded by USAIDS are really places where local midwives are pushed to bring women in for sterilisation. There is absolutely no attempt to provide all-round reproductive health care. This approach flies in the face of India's official policy of target-free family planning More... NIMHANS recommends the Banyan model for mental healthcareThe Banyan model of care for the mentally ill incorporates support, vocational training, rehabilitation and permanent care. NIMHANS, the nodal institution for mental health in India, recommends that the 10-year-old and very successful Banyan model be replicated in other parts of the state More... Orissa's IMR MissionOrissa has the highest infant mortality rate in the country at 97 per 1,000 live births. Approximately 86,000 infants die in the state each year. Poor healthcare facilities for mother and child, malnutrition, malaria and lack of awareness are major contributing factors. Can the state reduce IMR to the targeted 60/1,000 by 2005? More... HIV: The numbers controversyDo we have 2 million or 20 million HIV-positive in India? Or is there a plateuing of the epidemic? Speculative and alarmist figures about the number of Indians affected by HIV/AIDS have added to public confusion and affected the programme's credibility. This is the first in a series of articles on the issues and controversies surrounding HIV in India More... DEBATE: Is Electroconvulsive therapy still relevant in psychiatric treatment?Presenting two sides of an ongoing public health debate More... Fractured minds, fragmented livesExploring the lives of the mentally ill in India More... |
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