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Food Consumption and Nutritional Status in India: Emerging Trends and Perspectives
R, Radhakrishna - eSocialSciences - 2009
The paper reviews the trends over three decades in the consumption of cereals, calories and micronutrients and nutritional status based on anthropometric measures using the data sets of NSS, NNMB and NFHS. It provides an explanation for the slow growth of nutrient intake and slow reduction in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077863
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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
Jayachandran, Seema; Kuziemko, Ilyana - eSocialSciences - 2009
Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. The implications for breastfeeding decisions are modelled and test has been done to predict model's predictions us- ing survey data from India.
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The EU-India FTA in Services and Possible Gender Impact in India: Concern Areas
Sengupta, Ranja; Sharma, Ashotosh - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper studies the impact of services trade liberalization under the currently negotiated EU-India FTA on women’s lives in India and tries to delineate the concern areas. Relevant sectors of interest are also studied with the two indicators; employment and access, in view. Some gender...
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Hygiene, Sanitation, and Water: Forgotten Foundations of Health
Bartram, Jamie; Cairncross, Sandy - eSocialSciences - 2010
Health evidence confirms that the burden of disease associated with inadequate Hygience, Sanitation, Water (HSW) is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764245
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Who Are the MDG Trailblazers? A New MDG Progress Index
Leo, Benjamin - eSocialSciences - 2010
, hunger, gender equality, education, child mortality, health, and water. Overall, we find evidence of dramatic achievements by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676970
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Inter-State Imbalances in Essential Services: Some Perspectives
Srivastava, D K; Rao, C Bhujanga - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper analyzes the inter-state imbalances in three major sectors of the economy, namely, education, health and … family welfare, and water supply and sanitation for fifteen major states. It uses two principal indicators namely the per …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319351
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Measures, Spatial Profile and Determinants of Dietary Diversity: Evidence from India
Das, Mousumi - eSocialSciences - 2014
and health indicators. Quantile regression analysis is used to identify the impact of determinants at different parts of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969041
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A Framework for Developing a Research Agenda for Diseases Disproportionately Affecting the Poor:The Cases of Malaria, Diabetes, Rotavirus
Smith, Alyna C - eSocialSciences - 2011
In this paper three diseases- malaria,diabetes and rotavirus- selected because of their contrast. The paper examines the severity of their presence in developing countries and suggests viable solutions.
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The Primacy of Public Health Considerations in Defining Poor Quality Medicines
Newton, Paul N; Amin, Abdinasir A - eSocialSciences - 2012
Poor quality essential medicines, both substandard and counterfeit, are serious but neglected public health problems … differences between public health and intellectual property approaches to the problem. It is argued that public health, and not … the World Health Organization (WHO) should be encouraged and supported to take a more prominent role in improving the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393988
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Seasonal Migration and Risk Aversion
Bryan, Gharad; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Mobarak, A. Mushfiq - eSocialSciences - 2011
Pre-harvest lean seasons are widespread in the agrarian areas of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Every year, these seasonal famines force millions of people to succumb to poverty and hunger. An incentive of $8.50 is assigned to households in Bangladesh to out-migrate during the lean season, and...
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