Delhi ‘walks in the dark’ to eradicate preventable blindness
Walking blindfolded along with visually-impaired school children, celebrated painter Jatin Das led the SCEH-IVI ‘Walk in the Dark’ at Daryaganj, Delhi, to spread awareness about eradicating preventable blindness. The Walk was organised by Dr Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital (SCEH) in partnership with India
Kissa yoni ka – the vagina monologues
The men and women of Dharavi, the world’s largest slum, were quite curious about Kissa Yoni Ka, the Hindi translation of The Vagina Monologues, which they heard was a bold play about a never-spoken-about part of the woman’s body. As the performance started
Hungry in Delhi: More than a third of slum children are
More than one-third of under five-year-olds living in Delhi’s slums are malnourished, concludes a study by Child Rights and You (CRY) and Alliance for People’s rights (APR). The study, aimed at grasping the extent of malnutrition and nutritional deficiencies among the 0″5 years
Social Entrepreneur of the Year: Goonj makes its mark
Anshu Gupta from Goonj has been declared as Social Entrepreneur of the Year (SEOY) India 2012, by Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, a sister organization of World Economic Forum, in partnership with Jubilant Bhartia Foundation. The award was conferred by Chief Minister of
Kolkata hospital fire: A serious case of neglected corporate responsibility
On paper, Advanced Medicare and Research Institute’s (AMRI) vision is/was to be cherished as the best place to come for care and the best place to work. The ‘corporate governance‘ section, among other things, on the hospital’s website says this: AMRI is committed
Decline in HIV incidence in India; will thwart three million new infections
The latest World Bank study – ‘Impact of Targeted Interventions on Heterosexual Transmission of HIV in India’ – estimates that India will ward off about three million new HIV infections during the period 1995″2015 by using targeted interventions among vulnerable groups. The study,
India at least 17 years away from meeting WHO’s model doctor”people ratio of 1:1000
India will meet the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommended norm of one doctor per 1,000 people by the year 2028. This conclusion has been arrived at by the Planning Commission’s high-level expert group (HLEG) on universal health coverage (UHC), headed by Dr K
Fourteen-year-old gets one crore rupees to fight against child marriage
Bina Kalindi, a fourteen-year-old girl, has been fighting a battle against child marriage in her village Purulia, West Bengal, for years now. She diligently goes from door to door, spreading awareness and convincing families of the ills of this social evil. She was
Violence against women at over 35%; discriminatory attitudes result in under-reporting of crimes
The latest National Family Health Survey gives out ignominious figures on the extent of violence perpetrated against women in India. In the 15-49 age group, 35.4 per cent of all women and 40 per cent of married women have experienced physical or sexual
Lunch at Rs 5 for Jharkhand’s poor
Mukhya Mantri Dal-Bhaat Yojna is an initiative of Jharkhand government to provide subsidized food to the poor people in the state. The decision to start the subsidized lunch scheme to help people from below poverty line (BPL) was taken at the review meeting