30+ Baiga Children Have Died in Balaghat. What Healthcare Facilities Are They Entitled To?

More than 30 Baiga children have reportedly died in Balaghat’s tribal belt. The Baiga community is an indigenous Scheduled Tribe (ST) in central India and is officially classified as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG). As a PIL brings the deaths before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, The Better India looks at the healthcare safeguards that are supposed to be available to a Baiga child living in a remote habitation — from Mobile Medical Units and health sub-centres to child screening, v

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