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Alarming decline in birth rate of Muthuvan tribal community [1]

Health workers attribute it to fertility problems

The government lower primary school at Nadukkudy in India’s first tribal grama panchayat, Edamalakkudy, has a peculiar student-teacher ratio. It has five teachers, including a headmaster, for seven students who represent eight Muthuva tribal hamlets nearby.

Publication Date: 
27/02/2014
K.A. Shaji [2]
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram) [3]
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Kerala [4], Idukki [5], Tribals [6], Infants [7], Family Planning [8], Children [9], Nutrition [10], Health Effects [11], People [12]

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