Health & Nutrition

September 5, 2017
Mohini Saha September 5, 2017
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Menstruation: Social Conditioning and Barriers

Taboos, superstitions, lack of awareness, lack of infrastructure, shame and embarrassment about menstruation are barriers to the confidence, self-esteem and dignity of girls and women, affecting their well-being and health as a consequence
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September 2, 2017
Ashutosh Mishra September 2, 2017
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Shift in Tribal Food Habits: From Sustainable to Nonsustainable

Giving up on traditional food and blindly having ‘development’ agendas in agriculture thrust on them has resulted in the tribals losing their wise and time-tested habits and practices, leading to heavy loss in health and economic terms. Today, they are neither here nor there—neither modern, ‘developed’ and prosperous nor in touch with their own indigenous crop cultivation methods and wholesome food habits
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July 13, 2016
Sabarmatee Sabarmatee July 13, 2016
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More Production and Better Livelihoods with Unhealthy, Undernourished and Fatigued Workforce? Rethink

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January 5, 2015
Sudarshan Thakur January 5, 2015
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My Journey into Kishanganj

Realizing that there is no single approach to engaging with women in order to organize them into SHGs, the Kishanganj team found success when it was willing to let go of its biases and identified the pressing needs of the women in the Muslim-dominated hamlet, supporting them in the areas of health and nutrition before considering savings and credit
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January 1, 2015
Avijit Mallik January 1, 2015
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The Transformation of Jolhakarma

Having been able to assure food security among the villagers and realizing that economic self-sufficiency alone was not going to alleviate the basic problems faced by women, the focus in Jolhakarma is on ensuring pipe water supply and sanitation units within homes to assure them a life of dignity, free from the ordeal of open defecation and the drudgery of getting water for daily use from remote sources
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August 9, 2013
Kuntalika Kumbhakar August 9, 2013
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The Purulia Experience on WASH

Inspiring and instilling change in the centuries-old habits of villagers by slowly and steadily introducing the women of the SHGs in Purulia to sanitation and hygiene practices is both challenging and rewarding
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August 4, 2013
Samir Dan August 4, 2013
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The Promotion of Sanitary Toilets in India

Focusing on the pivotal role that safe drinking water and sanitation play in the progress of the people in any location, this article discusses the use of sanitary toilets in the context of the Joint Monitoring Programme Report (2012) for Water Supply and Sanitation
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July 7, 2013
Tapas Kumar Datta July 7, 2013
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Sanitation: Modelling Best Practices

Recognizing the importance of sanitation and its criticality in determining the success and failure of the livelihood projects, PRADAN is keen on modelling best practices in the Drinking Water and Sanitation sector that can be replicated by others such as partner NGOs and state governments. This article is a study of the PRADAN experience.
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July 7, 2013
Ashisa Kumar Rath July 7, 2013
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Initiatives around Water Supply and Sanitation

Bringing about transformation in behaviour and lifestyle requires constantly engaging with the community, generating a demand for the creation of structures for water and sanitation from the villagers themselves by helping them understand the link between lack of hygiene and economic loss, and handholding villagers through the planning and construction processes
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July 6, 2013
Chandan Sengupta July 6, 2013
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Nirmal Gram: Problems and Prospects

Prioritizing the provision of safe drinking water and sanitation to its people sets a country on the path to achieving standards of human development indices such as reduced crude death rate, increased life expectancy at the time of birth, low infant mortality rate and low maternal mortality rate
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