He adds that the maternal mortality ratio in the state has fallen from 192 deaths per 100 000 live births in 2004-06 to 172 in 2007-09.

A rooftop rainwater harvesting project in Rajasthan, India, has cut water collection time and ensured household water availability in a region plagued by drought.

The study involved children aged less than 18 months recruited from Haryana, India, in 2005–2006: 4336 in a pre-intervention cohort and 5213 in a post-intervention cohort.