States

The lack of “Access to Contraceptives and Information Services” : A case from Haryana

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Himmat Mahila Samooh vs. Union of Inida & Ors., demands access to contraceptive information and services for women in Haryana. According to the 2014 District Level Household Survey (DLHS) for Haryana, the State has a 30% unmet need for contraceptives, meaning that 30% of married women in the state ..... Read More

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Infant Mortality and Indian Public Health Standards: Fact-Finding Mission in Banki, Odisha

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In terms of the Human Development Index, the state of Odisha ranks at the bottom 22nd position (out of 23), and, according to the Planning Commission’s Tendulkar Committee Report 2009, the poverty headcount ratio of Odisha at 57.2 percent is the worst among all Indian states and ..... Read More

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Report on Maternal Mortality and Indian Public Health Standards, Balasore, Odisha

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According to a 2013 report on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, conducted by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) in 2013, “there are still 56,000 maternal deaths each year. About two-thirds of maternal deaths occur in just a few states – Assam, ..... Read More

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Indian Public Health Standards & Right to Health: A Case Study of Raga Primary Health Centre

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Amongst the various persisting health problems in India, one of the most pressing – both as a public health and as a human rights issue – is the lack of equal access to basic healthcare facilities. Despite a considerable progress, newly introduced government programmes and schemes ..... Read More

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Indian Public Health Standards & Right to Health: A Case Study of Ziro District Hospital

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“For a middle-income country of its stature and level of development, the rate of maternal deaths in India is shocking, raising multiple human rights issues” ..Paul Hunt, Special Rapporteur, Mission to India One of India’s most remote States, Arunachal Pradesh is also one of ..... Read More

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