This paper discusses health vulnerabilities of children in general followed by an analysis of data regarding health scenario of children below five years of age from

The sexuality of the disabled person has largely been ignored. If it is at all acknowledged, then it has been largely through a ‘medical lens.

Infertility has been relatively neglected as both a health problem and a subject for social science research in South Asia, as in the developing world more generally. The general thrust of both programmes and research has been on the correlates of high fertility and its regulation rather than on

There is a growing recognition that gynaecological morbidity is an important health problem among poor women in India.