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Community Health Workers Play a Major Role in Lowering Maternal Mortality
Health workers in West Bengal are counseling and motivating men to undergo vasectomies, and addressing the social determinants of health like gender dynamics and conditions of living.
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Trafficked and Sold from One Man to Another, Minor Finally Returns Home
Nati was one of the 130 children who go missing and often fall victim to trafficking every day in India. Sold for 70,000 rupees, she was forcibly married and abused for a year before she managed to come back home.
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Communities Come Together to Ensure Better Maternal Health
Despite the government’s promises, lack of infrastructure and problems of access endanger maternal health across rural India. Communities are stepping in and holding the system accountable.
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Inside Jharkhand: A Tale of Two Hospitals
At 167 deaths for every one lakh live births, India’s maternal mortality rate is still much higher than the Sustainable Development Goals target of 70. How can government hospitals help change the figure?
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Sardar Sarovar: The Pitfalls of India’s Biggest Development Project
Of the 6.5 crore people displaced by development projects in India over 50 years, less than 20% have been rehabilitated. But here's what happened even after rehabilitation in the case of Sardar Sarovar.
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Ecotourism and Forest Conservation: A Lesson from Maharashtra
In a small village in Maharashtra, a local community turned to ecotourism as its economic mainstay; the results can serve as a model to emulate.
Project Potential: Boosting Entrepreneurship at the Grassroot Level
Based in Bihar’s Kishanganj, Project Potential aims to promote entrepreneurial skills at the village level to tackle unemployment.
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Road Woes Leave Village Residents Stranded
600 residents in Malda, West Bengal have been facing problems for a decade due to water logging and unmetalled roads in their village.