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FROM THE ARCHIVES
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ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS
- Graveyard of ships struggles to survive
- How badly designed and unsafe
- Not everyone wants a plastic-free future!
- A jaundiced view of the Taj
- Will banning older vehicles clean the air in Delhi?
- 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
- Sterilisation deaths: What’s new, after all?
- Why the Chhattisgarh sterilisation tragedy may happen again
- Who will lead the anti-corruption agenda in the health sector?
- What surrogate parenting entails in India
- A committee to exonerate industry?
- When the man in the family is branded a terrorist
- 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
- Barefoot auditors ensure health for tribal mothers
- When tribal India too begins to favour its sons
- Planning families, planning progress
- Is Mumbai growing anymore?
- Renaming Nakusa
- Swachh Bharat: What are we missing?
- What’s turning women in labour away from hospitals?
- Where the boats ferry in good health
- Two states with healthcare for one
- Let the fight go on
- There’s always one to clear your mess!
- Reaching the unserved in cities
- The right to water: long road ahead
- Incredible Medepally: so clean and green
- In Kurukshetra, a new victory
ODD-EVEN FORMULA
With road rationing, Delhi fights air pollution
With road rationing, Delhi fights air pollution
Delhi, infamous for high air pollution, has been experimenting with odd-even formula by curbing the movement of private vehicles from Jan 1st. After one week of the execution of the programme, there is no visible change in the pollution level. Will road rationing help to reduce the pollution level or does Delhi need much more action to control the pollution, writes Akshatha M.
 EYE CAMP FIASCO
Why must only the poor suffer?In Barwani, Madhya Pradesh, people lost their sight after botched up cataract surgeries. Was it because the organizers, the medical and paramedical staff of the district hospital did not take necessary steps? Or was the quality of medication used questionable? Or, because the victims are too marginalised and too poor to protest? Asks Shoma Chatterji. |
 WORLD AIDS DAY FEATURE
Surviving stigma: HIV care and the aftermathMuch has been said about India’s success in containing the spread of the AIDS epidemic. But can it build on the progress so far and ensure that survivors receive the dignity and social security they need? Pushpa Achanta’s conversations on the eve of World AIDS Day aren’t heartening. |
 WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY
How long before we can address mental health issues humanely On World Mental Health Day, Pushpa Achanta shares the struggle of some mental illness survivors she met recently and hopes that our nation's Mental Health Program is implemented by the government earnestly. |
 SANITATION & HYGIENE
Slum dwellers in Assam suffer from poor sanitation and hygiene Sanitary conditions in most of the slum areas in Assam are abysmal. Ignorance about cleanliness, lack of water supply and proper working toilets, absence of covered drainage and sewage, and no action from the local and state government are to be blamed for the mess, reports Nilotpal Bhattacharjee. |
 MENSTRUAL HYGIENE
Why rural girls need more than just sanitary napkinsHanding out non-biodegradable sanitary pads to rural school girls who have reached menarche will not address their menstrual hygiene issue. Clean and functional toilets with water supply, awareness about menstruation, economical and biodegradable pads and more is needed, finds Puja Awasthi. |
 ACCESS TO HEALTH
Nowhere near to being a healthy nationThe out-of-pocket health expenditure by the poor is spiraling and the government spending on public health care is reducing. The existing public health programes and insurance schemes are failing; private health care sector is not properly regulated; Shambhu Ghatak finds the health of our nation worrisome. |
 DISABILITY IN DELHI
In the national capital, no policy for Persons with DisabilitiesThe Comptroller and Auditor General performance audit of the social welfare schemes for Persons with Disabilities run by the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Delhi, covering the years from 2009 to 2014, which got tabled recently brought forth some shocking facts, writes Himanshu Upadhyaya. |
 TOILETS FOR ALL
India’s sanitation puzzle: Missing the complete picture?The focus on ending open defecation and ensuring a toilet in every home is a limited one. Lasting success will require a much larger focus on sanitation, writes Aditya Bhol. |
 PRIVATE HEALTHCARE
Is your blood sample flowing down the laboratory sink? Unnecessary tests, forced hospitalisations to meet the targets set for employed physicians, and the infamous but real ‘sink test’: the shocking realities in the private healthcare sector are many, as Pavan Kulkarni finds out at a panel discussion on the issue. Is more regulation the need of the hour? |
 MAGGI CONTROVERSY
Food Safety: The devil could be elsewhere!As the country boils over in outrage against Nestle following the detection of dangerous levels of lead in its popular Maggi brand, Sarika Agarwal takes an objective look at the possible real sources of contamination and the core issues related to food safety. |
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MEDICAL CORRUPTION
When an honest doctor chose to give up medical practiceTales of medical malpractice and its impact on patients are all too common in India. But what does the culture of corruption mean for one who wishes to remain true to the noble profession that he had chosen for himself? Pavan Kulkarni finds out. |
 PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD
Coal energy and pollution: Can communities fight the threat?A recent workshop in Karnataka focused on the health impact of coal-based power plants and other industrial pollutants and shared valuable inputs on how to empower local communities to combat the same. Shripad Dharmadhikary reports. |
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