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Contraceptive Usage In Asian Countries
China, South Korea and Thailand are few Asian countries where a high number of people are using contraceptives. In China, there is 83 per cent usage of contraceptives while in...
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A New Kind Of Male Birth Control Is Coming
Doctors are on the cusp of launching the first new male contraceptive in more than a century. But rather than a Big Pharma lab, the breakthrough is emerging from a university ...
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Health Policy Focuses On Expanding Access, Quality: Secy
Expanding access of medical facilities, reducing treatment costs and improving quality are the three major objectives of the recently-released National Health Policy, a top go...
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Parliament Passes Bill That Decriminalises Suicide Attempt By Mentally ill People
Parliament today passed a bill that seeks to decriminalise suicide attempt by mentally ill people and provides for the right to better healthcare for people suffering from. 'T...
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Superpower Dreams: On How India Must Respond To A Low HDI Rank
India’s rank of 131 among 188 countries on the UNDP’s Human Development Index for 2015 and its ‘medium’ performance pose the uncomfortable question: wo...
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Five Reasons Why ‘National Health Policy 2017’ Is A Step In The Right Direction
As we analyse the Indian policy discourse, we find that healthcare financing and service delivery continues to stand out as an exception. Not only does it remain to be one of ...
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Why India Needs More Male Health Workers To Tackle The Maternal Health Crisis
Female health workers are the primary drivers of maternal health initiatives, but male health workers (MHWs) could complement their services significantly, according to this 2...
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Health Alert: India Has 25% Of The World’s Tuberculosis Patients
An urban tuberculosis case infects more individuals per year while a similar case in rural area remains infectious for longer period, a new research has found. India bears the...
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Dirty Air And Water Increase Cradle Deaths In India
If this does not wake us up what will? The World Health Organization (WHO) has pressed the alarm exposing that children below five years are at the highest risk from filthy ai...
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Common Blood Tests Can Help Predict Chronic Disease Risk
A score based on common blood tests may someday help people gauge their risk of developing a chronic disease like diabetes or dementia within three years of taking the test. T...
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