States

Fact Finding Report on the conditions of the District Hospitals in Manipur


A team of  lawyers and a researchers visited four district hospitals in the state of Manipur namely Bishnupur District Hospital, Senapati District Hospital, Chandel District Hospital and Thoubal District Hospital to analyze the conditions and find out the kind of facilities that are available. Read teh full Report below ..... Read More

Fertility among women on wane across AP: Survey


January 30th, 2019 VIJAYAWADA: Total fertility rate ( TFR) among women in Andhra Pradesh is much less than the national average of 2.3 per woman.   While the lowest TFR in the country is 1.6, AP has a TFR of 1.7, and the urban TFR is as low as 1.5, says the National ..... Read More

Enhancing WHO’s standard guideline development methods


28 January 2019 ¦ Recommendations in WHO guidelines are based on sound scientific evidence. Fundamental steps in the process for guideline development include formulating key questions, evidence retrieval and synthesis, and appraisal of the quality of the evidence. But the methods used in these steps were originally conceived for the ..... Read More

Experts body calls for accelerated efforts to reduce maternal, newborn deaths and still births


New Delhi, 21 January 2019: An expert group has called for strengthening and expanding sexual and reproductive health services in Member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region, to reduce deaths of mothers and babies, which despite substantial decline in recent years continues to be at unacceptable levels.   “Though millions of ..... Read More

Stop the Trans Bill – 2018


Press Conference : Trans-Activists oppose The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2018. ..... Read More