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Mental health patients see better days in Jharkhand

Lack of skilled professionals hamstring underdeveloped regions

Odiya tribes shed tradition to space out childbirths

Participatory learning and action meetings have helped participants like Saraswati Bodra take care of the nutrition needs of her twin sons and that of herself before and after delivery (Photo by Gurvinder Singh)

Better awareness improves maternal and child health

Jeerabai Bhunjia’s mother-in-law holds her grandchild to perform a ritual. Tribal customs is one of the reasons for women returning home immediately after delivery (Photo by Rakhi Ghosh)

Bhunjia women need better care after childbirth

Rural health workers are typically overburdened and have to work in trying conditions (Photo by Piyal Adhikary)

Missing foot soldiers in the war on poverty

Community bathing spaces near sources of water help rural women bathe in privacy at their convenience using clean water (Photo by Vaishnavi Pawar)

Community bathrooms help women bathe in privacy

Psychiatrist Manoj Kumar interacting with a villager to diagnose the problem and issue medicine, which will be followed up by healthcare volunteers (Photo by Mental Health Action Trust)

Kerala volunteers improve life of mental health patients

Women in rural Jharkhand have started using iron woks in large numbers (Photo by PHRN)

Cooking in iron kadhais combats anemia in Jharkhand

Kirodha Das shows the coal washery water from the Talcher industrial hub laced with pollutants entering the villages and farmlands (Photo by Manish Kumar)

Talcher villages suffer from industrial waste

Tribal women packing millet biscuits for children of government schools at the community owned Neelamma Thalli bakery (Photo by C. Shambu Prasad)

Collective enterprise fights malnutrition with millets

A young tribal woman waits with her newborn to receive the incentive given by the government to encourage institutional delivery (Photo by Rakhi Ghosh)

Why Dongria Kondh women prefer childbirth at home

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