Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI)

Pollution control board readying for crackdown

BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) is all set to crack down on sale of nonsmoking tobacco, available in plastic sachets.

Publication Date:

25/03/2011

Source: New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

Tags:

State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Orissa (Odisha), Plastics, Solid Waste, Tobacco, Bhubaneswar, Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI)

Health

Tata Memorial Hospital doctors move against tobacco in Mumbai

Doctors from the Tata Memorial Hospital took 50 cancer patients from the city to meet opposition leader in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, in Delhi last week.

Publication Date:

24/03/2011

Source: Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)

Tags:

Health Care, Tobacco, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI), NGO

Health

Progress towards child survival in Madhya Pradesh during 1981-2001

Using the estimates of child survival probability obtained on the basis of "children ever born" and "children surviving" data collected at different population census, this article analyzes progress towards child survival in Madhya Pradesh during the two decades between 1981 and 2001.

Publication Date:

28/02/2010

Author(s): Aalok Ranjan Chaurasia

Source: Social Change

Vol:

40

Issue:

1

pp:

39

Tags:

Children, Madhya Pradesh, Infant mortality, Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI), Health