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Where India Goes named among best non-fiction books of the decade by The Hindu
Diane and Dean's book Where India Goes: Abandoned Toilets, Stunted Development and the Costs of Caste has been named among the best non-fiction books the decade by The Hindu. Reviewing for The Hindu, Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta observes, "This is a...Read More..

N-ISSUP publishes a short article on Diane’s research on neonatal mortality and facility birth in India
- Topics: Child health, Maternal health
N-ISSUP, the online magazine of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, published a short article based on Diane’s paper “The association between neonatal death and facility birth in regions of India” published in the Demographic Research. The...Read More..

r.i.c.e. research in Scroll article on support for breastfeeding
- Topics: Child health, Maternal health
Earlier this month, Scroll published this article calling for more support for women to help them successfully breastfeed their babies. This support includes not only compensation and time off of work, but also assistance in order to get adequate nutrition...Read More..

Check out Nikhil’s article in EPW Engage in which he explores the government’s current pilot program (Mother’s Absolute Affection, or MAA) to improve breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is known to help children survive, providing vital nutrition and protection from disease. Nikhil argues...Read More..

India’s new DHS (NFHS-4) is out!
- Topics: Child health, Environment, Gender, Maternal health, Pollution, Sanitation
The hard-working folks at the Demographic and Health Surveys and the International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai have the perfect new year gift for researchers in India: the new round of the India's DHS, also called NFHS - 4 (2015-16)....Read More..

Maternity benefits – not yet universal
- Topics: Child health, Maternal health
At the start of the new year, we were excited to see forward momentum on the national maternity entitlements program: the prime minister announced that the program would be made universal and cover all districts beginning January 1st, 2017 (up...Read More..

Life and Death in the Real India| Nikhil Srivastav| Outlook
- Topics: Child health, Decision Making, Maternal health
Do read Nikhil's article on poor public health services in Uttar Pradesh and the struggle of three newborns against neglect in public health facilities, poverty, and disease. This is the first part of a two-part piece. The second part will...Read More..

Reflections on the SBM and maternity entitlements
- Topics: Maternal health, Sanitation
Rahul Jacob wrote a piece today in the Business Standard, highlighting r.i.c.e.’s research and calling on the government to convince people to use latrines if the SBM is to have any impact on public health, rather than simply meeting latrine...Read More..

Is Some Vaccine Worse than None? The Rubella Vaccine Threshold Effect
- Topics: Child health, Maternal health
Is Some Vaccine Worse than None?: The Rubella Vaccine Threshold Effect The issue:Vaccines are the most effective tools to defend against viral infection. Diseases that use to be common causes of illnesses and deaths around the world, such as...Read More..

Nutrition in pregnancy in India far worse than believed: Coffey in PNAS, NYT, Hindu
- Topics: Child health, Gender, Maternal health
Diane Coffey's new article "Prepregnancy body mass and weight gain during pregnancy in India and sub-Saharan Africa" was published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Diane's article is important because it shows that maternal nutrition in India...Read More..

How would babies vote?
- Topics: Child health, Maternal health, Sanitation, Social inequalities
Different places in India are voting in national elections on different days. Diane and I wrote these thoughts about the election together. Today, India is preparing for an election which will shape the lives of more people than any election...Read More..

Wealth & Children’s Health in India in EPW
- Topics: Child health, Maternal health
My article with Aparajita Chattopadhyay and Rajan Gupt just came out in Economic and Political Weekly -- check it out! ...Read More..

Could poor sanitation begin stunting children in utero?
- Topics: Child health, Maternal health, Sanitation, Social inequalities
This post is a little deeper in the scientific details than r.i.c.e. readers may be used to, but I hope you will stick with us, because it is important. Evidence is building up that enteropathy may matter a great deal....Read More..

In Hindi, saheli, means “female friend,” and only girls can have sahelis. This post is about two sahelis, Farzana and Suman, who, despite spending years on either side of the same wall, have had very different experiences of motherhood. Farzana...Read More..

New photos from Sitapur
Check out the new photos of life in rural Sitapur posted on the photos tab! Many thanks to Aashish, who among many others things, takes wonderful pictures for rice! He rode around the villages near our house early one morning...Read More..

Dean and Diane participate in UNDP’s Zero Hunger Challenge
- Topics: Child health, Maternal health, Sanitation
Recently, Dean and Diane were interviewed about stunting in India for the United Nations Development Program's Zero Hunger Challenge. Dean talked about how sanitation leads to stunting and Diane talked about how women's status impacts children's health in India. Check...Read More..