Health
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Health Impacts
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Toxic Chemicals
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Sexual and Reproductive Health
BPA chemical exposure has shown to be linked with negative effects in our bodies from plastics and canned foods
Health
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Perinatal Health
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Pregnant Women
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Women's Health
Many Indian hospitals don't have in-house physiotherapists or dieticians & most new mothers pay little attention to themselves. But there's a solution.
Women
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Pregnant Women
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Banks
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Exclusion
The Indian Bank’s hiring guidelines audaciously refuse to hire pregnant women who have crossed the 12-week mark.
Health
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Extreme Heat
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Health Impacts
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Child Health
When Aaron Bernstein became a pediatrician roughly 25 years ago, it didn't occur to him that the climate crisis would grow into a critical health problem for his young patients.
Justice
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Abortion Rights
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Bodily Autonomy
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Pregnant Women
At present, there are 73 countries that grant abortion at the pregnant person’s request, and India is not one of them.
Environment
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Heat Wave
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Climate Change
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Maternal and Child Health
Soaring temperatures can lead to more preterm and stillbirths. But experts say awareness of the risk of heat during pregnancy is low, with more research needed into impacts on the world's most vulnerable women.
Women
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Air Pollution
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Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Health Impacts
As much as 99% of the world population breathes in air with pollution levels higher than the World Health Organization’s permissible limits. The majority of the world’s most polluted cities are in South Asia.
Health
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Private Health Facilities
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Health Necessity
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Pregnant Women
Nasreen and Minara (names changed) are both five months pregnant. The two women live in Bengaluru’s Kundalahalli slum colony with other migrant workers from West Bengal. Nasreen moved to the city around seven years ago.
Women
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Rising Temperature
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Health Impacts
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Pregnancy
Women and girls face unique risks as the climate crisis deepens, according to a new UN report.
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Formula Milk Companies
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Pregnant Women
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Violation
New report details exploitative practices employed by $55 billion formula industry, compromising child nutrition, violating international commitments
From
UNICEF
on February 22, 2022