Economic and Political Weekly Vol – XLVII No. 35, September 01, 2012 | Sudhir Krishnaswamy and Arjun Jayadev Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of India upheld the constitutional validity of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act...
A ‘Twisted’ Health Scheme Editorial- Economic and Political Weekly Vol – XLVII No. 38, September 22, 2012 State health insurance schemes are being abused to profi t private care providers. The “uterus removal scams” in Chhattisgarh and Bihar that...
India’s poor tribal people have far worse health indicators than the general population. Most tribal people live in remote rural hamlets in hilly, forested or desert areas where illiteracy, trying physical environments, malnutrition, inadequate access to potable...
Women’s Perception of Quality and Satisfaction with Maternal Health Services Study Report by PHFI,USAID & MCH Star Abstract India has made significant progress in decreasing the maternal mortality rate (MMR) from 437 in 1992-1993 to 212 in 2007-09 [IIPS 1995, ORGCC...
Determinants of the prevalence of diarrhoea in adolescents attending school: A case study of an Indian village school Ramani, Shyama V. et al UNU-MERIT Working Papers Abstract In developing countries, including India, diarrhoea is a leading killer throughout the age...