World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Women
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CM launches free nutritious diet scheme for pregnant women in state
Raipur: Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday launched Mehtari Jatan Yojna to provide best nutritious diet to 2.5 lakh pregnant women at Aanganwadi centres across state. Now, pregnant women would be facilitated
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Providing clean cooking fuel in India: challenges and solutions
India has the largest concentration of population using biomass with inefficient stoves. About 840 million in India fully or partially rely on traditional biomass for cooking. In India, cooking is mainly
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Gender approaches in climate compatible development: lessons from India
Women’s economic contribution to India’s rapid economic growth is now being recognised and supported by the Government of India through concrete policy and financial measures. In this context, the report
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The Global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (2016–2030): a roadmap based on evidence and country experience
<p>The Global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (2016–2030) provides a roadmap for ending preventable deaths of women, children and adolescents by 2030 and
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Status and trends in traditional occupations: outcomes of a rapid assessment
FPP has produced a new report presenting the outcomes of preliminary research on the practice of traditional occupations in indigenous and local communities. While the rapid assessment only provides sample
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Kashmir mental health survey
Nearly 1.8 million adults (45% of the population) in the Kashmir Valley show symptoms of significant mental distress according to a comprehensive mental health survey conducted by the medical humanitarian
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Farm women and seeds: strengthening relation for sustaining agricultural productivity
<p>Inception of agriculture has witnessed the pivotal role of women in perceiving how seeds sprouted and grew into plants. Since the birth of farming, women have been the backbone of the agricultural work
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Nigeria: Oyo Tops Malnutrition-Hit States in SouthWest- Study
Ibadan — Oyo State is the worst hit by the high burden of malnutrition in the South West zone, a study by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) in collaboration with the Partnership for
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Health in India: NSS 71st Round (January – June 2014)
Urban India is more sick than the rural hinterland despite the mushrooming of health and wellness clinics and super-specialty hospitals, besides better per capita earnings. And this could well be attributed
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Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4·4 million participants
<p>China, India and USA are among the top three countries with a high number of diabetic population shows this new study published in Lancet. It finds that there is a fourfold rise in the number of diabetics – from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014.</p>