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to OneWorld South Asia. Bringing together a network
of people and groups working for human rights and sustainable
development from across the globe.
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Comprehensive coverage of healthcare issues including Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), health disparities, community health, public health, hygine, health inequlities & human rights , medicines and determinants of health and diseases.
22-12-2008
Foreign workers in the gulf region fear to get tested for HIV as that means instant deportation. Discriminated by authorities, the migrant labourers are not allowed to buy antiretroviral drugs and are often threatened with lethal injections to force them return home.
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Image: About 1.7 million Pakistanis are working in the Gulf States / Photo credit: Maria Font de Matas / IRIN
17-12-2008
In Asia's largest slum, the Kishori project is introducing young girls to reproductive healthcare, pregnancy care, HIV/AIDS and more. As added inducement, low cost trainings in computers and tailoring are drawing them to the centre for a chance to earn and save money.
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Image: An ariel view of Dharavi/ Photo credit: Flickr/ Soumik Kar
18-12-2008
Twenty-four years after a toxic gas leak killed thousands in Bhopal, Reuters correspondent Alistair Scrutton walks through the plant site. Talking to many survivors he learns about their painful experiences and finds that the place continues to pose health hazards for the people.
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Image: Alistair Scrutton is chief correspondent in India for Reuters/ Photo credit: Reuters
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Western India sets example in tackling malnutrition
08-10-2008
In the tribal belts of Maharashtra in western India, a high nutrition diet programme has significantly reduced mortality rates in the state. Provided jointly by two NGOs through the anganwadis, the meal for mother and child contains locally made mixture of millet, jaggery and milk.
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New tool to analyse maternal deaths
14-10-2008
Maternal deaths in India can now be audited with a new tool developed by UNICEF. Known as the Maternal and Perinatal Death Inquiry and Response (MAPEDIR), the tool can be used to find high-impact, local interventions that ensure safe deliveries.
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Impending AIDS epidemic in Kashmir
10-12-2008
Conflict-ridden Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir has another worry now. The state that was until recently largely free of HIV/AIDS is now facing the danger of an outbreak. Illiteracy in the conservative Muslim state remains a
challenge in tackling the disease.
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Sore homecoming for Kosi survivors
02-01-2009
As flood waters recede in the villages of Bihar in eastern India, people are returning to their homes to find poverty and disease. Absence of clean water and sanitation, filth and decaying carcasses are constant reminders of the horrors faced a few months back by those displaced.
22-12-2008
The Indian government will bear the treatment costs of the poor under a new health insurance scheme. Using a smart card embedded with 11 types of software, patients can now afford the services of private or government hospitals through cashless and paperless transactions.
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29-12-2008
Hesperian Foundation’s publication titled: A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities captures real life situations of women with disabilities and their issues, experiences and desires. The manual serves as a useful tool to improve their self-reliance and overcome barriers to a healthy life.
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Image: Cover page of the book / Photo credit: Hesperian Foundation
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OneWorld South Asia''s Seventh
Annual Regional Meeting on February 8-9, 2008, at New Delhi,
focused on Southern voices and
perspectives on the Climate Change debate.
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Bird flu scare in three Indian states
In a bid to contain the deadly bird flu virus from spreading further, veterinary workers are culling thousands of chickens and ducks in eastern India. According to World Health Organisation the virus has killed more than 200 people in a dozen countries since it resurfaced in Asia in 2003.
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