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21 April 2014
HEALTH
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ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS
- Will the Western Ghats decide Kerala’s mandate?
- Hydropower: Will new committee break new ground?
- Biosafety: Who is liable for damages?
- Alang shipyard: Pushing more than ships to their graves
- A committee to exonerate industry?
- 50+, and HIV-plus
- Special support needed
- Going through with their pregnancies
- HIV and mental disorders
- From awareness campaigns to real change
- A school for me too
- The Olympic medals India won and ignored
- When travel arouses dread
- Rail travel for the disabled: Learn from the world
- An eye for empowerment
- A committee to exonerate industry?
- Hot ash burns child to death
- Kokkarni, saviour of paddy
- Awakening the somnolent state
- Awakening the somnolent state
- Why are so many elderly men killing themselves?
- Where the young dont want to live
- A ray of dancing light
- A ray of dancing light
- HIV and mental disorders
- Planning families, planning progress
- Is Mumbai growing anymore?
- Renaming Nakusa
- The masculinisation of India
- By the Holy book
- Let the fight go on
- To deliver on health, understand it first
- In search of quality care
- TB: Dangerous comeback
- The Superbugs are here - III
- Reaching the unserved in cities
- The right to water: long road ahead
- Incredible Medepally: so clean and green
- In Kurukshetra, a new victory
- Wrong priorities?
WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY
Let the fight go on
Let the fight go on
Tuberculosis kills close to 300,000 men, women and children in India every year and is estimated to cost the country $23.7 billion annually! R Balasubramaniam describes the fight against the disease so far and the challenges it continues to pose.
 INVISIBLE ACHIEVERS
The Olympic medals India won and ignoredIndian participants won a remarkable 387 medals at the Special Olympic Games for sports persons with intellectual disabilities held in Australia in December 2013. Pushpa Achanta urges greater state and institutional support for these neglected sports persons as she brings us their inspiring stories. |
 MEDICAL TRAVEL
Wanted: Trains equipped for the sick and infirmIn the concluding part of her series, Malini Shankar looks beyond the needs of the physically challenged and emphasises the criticality of appropriate facilities and infrastructure that would make train journeys convenient for those travelling for medical reasons. |
 DISABLED TRAVELLERS
When travel arouses dreadAs the world observes the International Day of People with Disability on 3 December, Malini Shankar draws attention through a three-part series to the pathetic lack of attention and consideration for the disabled in the Indian Railways, the only cost-effective means of long distance travel for the masses. |
 GLOBAL BENCHMARKS
Rail travel for the disabled: Learn from the worldAttention to international benchmarks, awareness of rights and proactive provision of basic facilities could make train journeys a less stressful experience for physically challenged passengers in the country, says Malini Shankar in the second part of her series. |
 CHILD VISION
Tackling preventable blindness through screening in schoolsVarious independent studies and research reveal close to 20 per cent of students across India suffering from some degree of visual impairment. A new initiative from the Nayonika Eye Care Charitable Trust seeks to correct this through the combined efforts of a wider network. |
 RURAL HEALTH
Health to the beat of drumsSimple interventions and sustained joint efforts by civil society groups and the local panchayat have resulted in significant improvements in communication and increase in health awareness in some of Rajasthan's most backward districts. Swapna Majumdar reports. |
 CHILD HEALTH
Obesity: Are parents responsible?Junk food, lack of exercise, poor parenting and modern lazy lifestyles are all triggers for obesity among children, which is turning out to be a major health hazard in present-day India, says Ramesh Menon. |
 HEALTH
Planning families, planning progressAs India moves closer to the deadline for achievement of its Millennium Development Goals, the critical need for effective family planning interventions and greater awareness of the same become more pronounced, writes Anuradha Sahni. |
 FOOD SECURITY BILL
Neglecting children a blunder: SenThe National Food Security Bill is an important step towards ensuring the country's founding principles of health, education and nutrition services for all, but can achieve that end only when it addresses children's entitlements more effectively, argues economist Amartya Sen in a speech given in New Delhi on 15 February 2013. |
 OLDER PATIENTS
50+, and HIV-plusThose in the 50-plus age group form the second largest chunk of HIV infected persons. But this group is clearly not at the heart of the AIDS control programme. Puja Awasthi reports. |
 GOVERNMENT
Tamilnadu's striking progress in welfareThe better education and health outcome indicators in the southern states compared to the north, has been acknowledged for a long time. And yet to see it with ones own eyes really drives home the poin,t say Reetika Khera. |
 MEDICAL CARE
As good as it getsRecent advances in Indian surgical capabilities have put the world on notice that our doctors are capable of providing world-class care. The question now is, how do we get this to the masses? Ramesh Menon reports. |
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