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Two Indian doctors are Time's ' heroes of Global Health'

     New York: To control infant mortality in the rural areas of South Asia, a novel programme has been invented by two Indian doctors, which has resulted in them being rewarded with the Times 'Heroes of Global Health'. Abhay and Rani Bang are among the 18 heroes of the Global Health who have been rewarded for their work in solving health problems in the developing world. They are both founders of the Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health. The other rewardees are from Bolivia, China, Cambodia, Congo, Honduras, Kenya, Nepal, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Swaziland, Britain and the United States. 'We were looking for people who had pioneered innovative ways to improve the health of poor people around the world,' said Philip Elmer- DeWitt, Time Science Editor. To cut down the child mortality in half for a cost of only 2.64 US dollar for each child saved, the programme is now being adopted across India and in Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and parts of Africa. 'The great thing about these projects is that they can be replicated and scaled up-and inspire even more pioneering approaches to improving health worldwide', said by Time Science Editor Philip Elmer-DeWitt. According to the Time Magazine, Doctors have decided to work on high child-mortality rate in the developing world, after a baby boy died before them without treatment in Maharashtra`s rural Gadchiroli district. Meanwhile, they have identified the 18 causes of newborn death may be from malnutrition. Further in the list, they have identified alcohol abuse as another big issue and began addiction treatment.