Important health information related links
The curse of infanticide and foeticide in India
Official health information
- The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: national health programmes, vaccination schedules and health advisories.
- ICMR-National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research: India's cancer registries and what they show about cancer in each region.
- The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) runs free HIV testing and treatment centres across India.
- Finding out a baby's sex before birth is a crime under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994; the Ministry of Health enforces it with the states.
Sources: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; Indian Council of Medical Research.