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India’s Maternal Mortality Rate Is Dropping – But Look Closer

Pradeep Krishnatray 18/03/2022

The decline of India's MMR is consistent and continuous,...

People wait to cremate COVID-19 victims at a crematorium ground in New Delhi

Madhya Pradesh Excess Deaths in April: An Alternative Count Using Funeral Data

Saugato Datta 22/06/2021

Calculations based on data of funerals and from the...

A municipal worker sprays disinfectant on the bodies of victims who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a crematorium in New Delhi

India’s COVID-19 Death Reporting is Broken But Here’s How to Fix It

Aashish Gupta, Dhanya Rajendran and Rukmini S. 11/05/2021

Journalists are turning to novel sources, but they need...

Men wearing protective suits stand next to the body of their relative, who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), before her cremation at a crematorium ground in New Delhi

The Importance of Knowing How Many Have Died of COVID-19 in India

Murad Banaji 09/05/2021

Low recorded COVID-19 mortality during the first surge could...

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The Hidden Paradoxes in India’s Latest Life Expectancy Figures

Phalasha Nagpal 14/08/2020

Intuitively, as a person ages, their life expectancy also...