Tag: Medicine (Field Of Study)
No vaccinations, nutrition for children due to a lack of anganwadi centre
Children between the age of 0-6 years have no access to education, nutrition or vaccination due to the lack of an anganwadi centre in their village. Under the Janani Suraksha Yojana and the Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojana, the Indian government’s scheme to bring down maternal and neonatal deaths, women and...
T.B. blights the lives of Factory workers
10th April 2015 | Saraipalli Village, Tamnar Block, Chhattisgarh | Rajesh In the absence of any protective measures, the 15 workers at the Golden Refractories in Tamnar Chhattisgarh have contracted Tuberculosis. At least ten people have died of TB in the past four to five years 2013. Community Correspondent Rajesh...
SUCCESS: In Kashmir, a medical centre is functioning again
An allopathic dispensary in rural Kashmir remained closed most of the time and no doctors were assigned to it. Community Correspondent Peer Azhar reported on the issue and with the help of his community brought change. Now the dispensary stays open for six-days-a-week and paramedical staff visits regularly. While the...
No bridge, so? Just carry the pregnant woman over river
Sambari Munda, a resident of Turikhol hamlet explains, “We are facing a lot of problems because there is no bridge…We find it difficult even going to the hospital. During my delivery time, the Janani Express (ambulance) came once. But the driver refused to cross the naala. He said I had...