Uttarakhand Disaster and Challenges of Rehabilitation by…………. Dinesh Godiyal

The vast devastation caused to life and property in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand-India, has been dubbed as “Himalayan Tsunami”. The actual number of deaths and assessment of damage, destruction and devastation due to cloudburst and the flash floods will take time and effort. The torrential rain that lashed through Uttarakhand, the resultant floods and … Read more

Is ASHA ushering hope? – National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)

The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) seeks to address the issue of health and nutritional status of the rural population by strengthening the health care delivery system. According to the mission document, “it has as its key components provision of a female health activist in each village; a village health plan prepared through a local … Read more