November 2019

Seven of the 85 villages audited in Jharkhand and Rajasthan had adolescent-friendly health services, 11 provided quality sanitary napkins accessible to all young women, 37 - less than half - had clean, usable and separate toilets…

Globally, in 2016, 81% of 11 to 17-year-olds did not meet WHO recommendations for one hour of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day. Girls were less active than boys and this gap widened…

(Reuters Health) - "Pregnancy crisis centers" look and act like health clinics but fail to meet medical and ethical standards, often using biased and inaccurate information to persuade women not to have an abortion, say two national groups…