Industry

 Children of a lesser god

Children don t have a voice. They can t lobby or fight governments. The initiative lies with India s medical establishment and the civil society

Publication Date: 
14/06/2002
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Environment, Air Pollution, Health Effects, Infant mortality, Asthma, Cancer, Urbanisation, Waste Incineration, Maternal Health, Child Health, Breast Feeding, Dioxin, Pesticide Residues, Industry, India, Pollution
Industry

 Soft Target

Children are bearing the brunt of environmental degradation. Across the class divide, they are eating, drinking and breathing poison. And their special bodies make them most vulnerable to a host of diseases

Publication Date: 
14/06/2002
Pranay Lal, Sarita Bahl
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Environment, Air Pollution, Health Effects, Infant mortality, Asthma, Cancer, Urbanisation, Waste Incineration, Maternal Health, Child Health, Breast Feeding, Dioxin, Pesticide Residues, Industry, India, Pollution
Forests

 Ravaged future

Today, around 36 million people are living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. Of these, 11.8 million are children and young people. Half of all new cases of HIV

Publication Date: 
Thursday, February 14, 2002
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Infant mortality, Population, Children, AIDS, Global
India

 INDIA

• For effective development and utilisation of its natural resources, the Orissa government intends to draft a mineral policy soon. Along with this, the state also wants to formulate a gems

Publication Date: 
30/01/2002
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Water Pollution, Minerals, Health Effects, Infant mortality, Pesticide Industry, Forest Policy, Deforestation, Conflicts, Wildlife, Elephant, Legislation, India, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
India

 MATERNAL MORTALITY

Speaking at an orientation workshop on

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
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Infant mortality, Maternal Health, Pakistan
India

  Coma after death

Child victims of a frayed medical service and a government programme gone wrong raise a mute question

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
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Infant mortality, Respiratory Diseases, Children, Health Care, Governance, India, Assam, Lucknow (D)
Climate Change

  Fatal dose

Vitamin A supplements claim the lives of 17 children in Assam

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
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Infant mortality, Children, Medical Research, Immunisation, UNICEF, Assam
India

 PREJUDICED KILLINGS

The Sup

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
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Infant mortality, Diagnostic Methods, Birth Technology, Legislation, Supreme Court, India
India

 Dismal scenario

health care facilities in India have decli

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
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Infant mortality, Health Care, India, Diseases
India

 Medicare for the baby

An initiative in Maharashtra shows how to reduce infant mortality rates in rural India

Publication Date: 
27/02/2001
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Infant mortality, Rural Habitat, Health Care, Health Education, NGO, India, Maharashtra

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