Tag Search: “public health”
Human development in India’s Economic Survey 2019-20
Measuring changes in human development can help us understand how the economy, and well-being of a country, is changing. The chapter on human development in this year’s Economic Survey emphasises the ...
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Diane Coffey
Dean Spears
21 February, 2020
- Perspectives
A village’s journey of alcohol de-addiction due to children’s campaigning
In just two years, the alcohol addiction of an entire village could be eliminated due to the efforts of a school’s students and their teacher in Sangli district of Maharashtra. In this note, Shirish K...
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Shirish Khare
20 December, 2019
- Notes from the Field
Has the National Rural Health Mission improved utilisation of maternal healthcare services in Bihar?
Bihar is a socioeconomically backward state with a persistently poor record with respect to maternal and child health indicators. Based on data from the National Sample Surveys on healthcare, this art...
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Saswata Ghosh
Zakir Husain
18 November, 2019
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What will determine the costs of Prime Minister’s Jan Arogya Yojana?
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana was launched in 2018 with the aim of covering hospitalisation expenses of the vulnerable 40% of the population, to protect them against financial risk arising out ...
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Indrani Gupta
Abhijit Roy
23 September, 2019
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Is trade with India changing Africa’s healthcare landscape?
After China, India has become the second largest trading partner with sub-Saharan Africa. The southern and western regions of Africa – which have the largest number of people living with HIV/AIDS worl...
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Siddharth Dixit
Natalie Emery
Chinmoy Kumar
20 September, 2019
- Perspectives
Rural sanitation: A charter of demands
A government survey shows that 93% of rural households in India have access to a toilet and 96% of those having a toilet use them. However, critics point out contradictions between these data and micr...
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Liby Johnson
13 September, 2019
- Notes from the Field
How much do households contribute to ambient air pollution in India?
Burning solid fuels like firewood in homes for cooking, heating, and other energy services is the single largest source of air pollution exposure in India. In this post, Chowdhury, Chafe, Pillarisetti...
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Zoë Chafe
Sourangsu Chowdhury
Sagnik Dey
Sarath Guttikunda
Jos Lelieveld
Ajay Pillarisetti
19 August, 2019
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Ujjwala 2.0: What should be done next?
Stopping the use of wood and other solid fuels for cooking and other household uses is crucial to mitigating air pollution and its staggeringly high health impacts in India. In 2016, the government an...
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Ambuj Sagar
Alok Tripathi
22 July, 2019
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Labelled loans and sanitation investments
Rural Indian households report lack of affordability as the main reason for not having a toilet. This article investigates – through an experiment in rural Maharashtra – whether microcredit labelled f...
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Britta Augsburg
Bet Caeyers
Sara Giunti
Bansi Malde
Susanna Smets
15 May, 2019
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Seasonal migration and health in India: Constraints for research and practice
Seasonal migrants in India engage in temporary informal work in work environments that actively flout labour laws on wages, work hours, and living conditions. The most significant impact of this is on...
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Divya Ravindranath
Divya Varma
25 March, 2019
- Notes from the Field
The long-term consequences of medical missions in colonial India
Health outcomes vary substantially across India. Is this variation exclusively determined by present-day factors, or can it be traced back to historical events? This article studies the long-term cons...
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Rossella Calvi
Federico Mantovanelli
27 February, 2019
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Gender, electoral competition, and sanitation in India
The negative impact of poor sanitation is more pronounced for women than men and therefore, women have a stronger desire to improve sanitation. Analysing district-level data from 15 major Indian state...
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YuJung (Julia) Lee
25 February, 2019
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