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Healthcare Spending Is Losing out to Health Insurance, Say Activists

The Wire Staff 06/02/2019

Concerned activists are worried that the misplaced focus on...

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Amidst Rising Heat Waves, UN says Cooling is a Human Right, not a Luxury

Thalif Deen 09/08/2018

At least nine countries, with large populations, face “significant...

Legislative restrictions on HHPs is a cost-effective approach to rapidly reducing the number of suicides. Credit: Reuters/Mayank Bhardwaj

The Supreme Court Has a Chance to Save Tens of Thousands of Indian Lives

Leah Utyasheva and Michael Eddleston 13/06/2018

Pesticide poisoning is the leading method of suicide among...

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Top Body of National Health Mission Has Quietly Become an All-Bureaucrat Affair

Oommen C. Kurian 19/03/2018

The latest meeting of the Mission Steering Group was...

The Hindu Kush mountains as seen in northern Afghanistan. Credit: 401stafsb/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Economic Teamwork Among Hindu Kush Countries Hangs on Access to Water, Energy

Nivedita Khandekar 23/01/2018

The Hindu Kush Himalayan region provides water to more...

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Toilet Marketing Campaigns in Developing Countries Erode People’s Dignity

Dani J Barrington and Jamie Bartram 10/12/2017

One of the benefits of safe sanitation is better...

Girls sit inside the Life Line Trust orphanage in Salem in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on June 20, 2013. Credit: Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters

Decent Toilets for Women and Girls Vital for Gender Equality

Tim Wainwright 19/11/2017

Being denied access to safe, private toilets is particularly...