Tag Search: “maternal and child health”
Using machine learning to target neonatal and infant mortality
India accounts for one-fourth of the world’s neonatal mortalities, and this has likely been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic – due to lockdowns and lack of access to critical antenatal and postnat...
- Dweepobotee Brahma Debasri Mukherjee
- 17 May, 2022
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The escalating financial burden of child births
Data from the 2019-20 National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 show that in several states, the proportion of institutional deliveries remain below the national average, with high out-of-pocket expendit...
- Prem Shankar Mishra T.S. Syamala
- 30 July, 2021
- Perspectives
Saas, bahu, and ASHA: Information diffusion in rural Bihar
India has made significant progress in improving maternal and child health outcomes, and the contribution of ASHAs – female community health workers – in promoting healthcare-seeking behaviour is wide...
- Mousumi Dutta Saswata Ghosh Zakir Husain
- 16 June, 2021
- Notes from the Field
Social identity, health networks, and health knowledge
Health knowledge, driven by education, is a critical factor for the achievement of good health outcomes. Analysing data from the Indian Human Development Survey 2004-05, this article examines how know...
- Niels-Hugo Blunch Nabanita Datta Gupta
- 17 March, 2021
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Evaluating India’s maternal cash transfer programmes
Over the years, India has implemented several programmes to overcome the issue of poor maternal and child health which can affect long-term physical and cognitive development. Using nationally represe...
- Stefan Klonner Paula von Haaren
- 04 March, 2021
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International Women’s Day 2021
8 March is observed across the world as International Women’s Day. This year the theme is “choose to challenge”, focussing on the choice to challenge gender bias and inequality, celebrate women's achi...
- I4I Team
- 03 March, 2021
- Perspectives
Budget 2021-22: Healthcare takes centre stage, again
Assessing the 2021-22 Union Budget from a health-sector perspective, Coffey and Spears contend that improving India’s health outcomes will require old solutions to old problems – and this sort of thin...
- Diane Coffey Dean Spears
- 24 February, 2021
- Perspectives
Pollution from coal-based power units and anaemic status of children and women
An extensive literature has considered the impact of air pollution on health. While studies have mainly focussed on outcomes such as general morbidity and mortality, this article evaluates the impact ...
- Sourangsu Chowdhury Gaurav Datt Sagnik Dey Pushkar Maitra Nidhiya Menon Ranjan Ray
- 02 December, 2020
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Does early motherhood impact the development of children?
According to a new UNFPA report, the Covid-19 pandemic might cause 13 million additional child marriages – a key driver of early motherhood. Using panel data from South India, this article shows that ...
- Marta Favara Marcello Pérez-Alvarez
- 29 October, 2020
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How birth weight affects test scores during mid-childhood years
Besides lack of schooling resources, a possible reason why children grapple with low learning outcomes may be poor health at birth. Analysing data from Andhra Pradesh, this article finds that a 10% i...
- Santosh Kumar Utkarsh Singh
- 18 August, 2020
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How mothers-in-law influence women’s social networks and reproductive health
Restrictive social norms and strategic constraints imposed by family members can limit women’s access to and benefit from social networks. Based on a survey in rural Uttar Pradesh, this article shows ...
- S Anukriti Catalina Herrera-Almanza Mahesh Karra
- 03 August, 2020
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Early-life exposure to air pollution: Effect on child health in India
More than half of Indian population gets exposed to PM2·5 greater than the annual limit recommended by the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. This article examines the effect of outdoor air pollu...
- Kunal Bali Sourangsu Chowdhury Sagnik Dey Prachi Singh
- 02 January, 2020
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