Tag Search: “public health”
Covid-19 in India: Cases, deaths, and vaccinations
The Omicron variant resulted in a third major wave of Covid-19 in India, with the number of cases exceeding those in the second wave, albeit causing less severe illness on average. In this post, Kundu...
- Rachel M. Gisselquist Anustup Kundu
- 16 March, 2022
- Perspectives
Food insecurity and child malnutrition: New empirical evidence from India
Child malnutrition is among the most pressing public health issues in India today. Equally alarming is the country’s food security crisis. Analysing ‘Young Lives Survey’ data from the states of Andhra...
- Gaurav Dhamija Manini Ojha Punarjit Roychowdhury
- 06 January, 2022
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Covid-19: Impact on migrant workers in Bihar
The nationwide lockdown – imposed in March 2020 to contain the spread of Covid-19 – left large sections of migrant workers in a precarious position, with livelihoods lost, and no means of public trans...
- Gaurav Datt Swati Dutta Sunil Kumar Mishra
- 27 October, 2021
- Notes from the Field
Incentivising quality of public infrastructure: Does it work?
Community toilets in slums are often poorly maintained, and upgrading facilities is difficult due to low willingness-to-pay among potential users and ‘free riding’. Based on an experiment in Uttar Pra...
- Alex Armand Britta Augsburg Antonella Bancalari
- 08 October, 2021
- Articles
Examining Covid-19 travel restrictions in developing countries
At the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the developing world took many of the same policy steps as developed nations to contain the spread, including lockdowns. This article uses evidence from India t...
- Fiona Burlig Garrison Schlauch Anant Sudarshan
- 01 October, 2021
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Timeliness and coverage of child vaccinations across India
Despite free vaccinations for children below 12 years of age under the Universal Immunisation Programme, one-third of global child deaths due to vaccine-preventable diseases occur in India. In this po...
- Abyaleek Chaudhuri Sisir Debnath
- 27 September, 2021
- Perspectives
The intergenerational mortality tradeoff of Covid-19 lockdown policies
The introduction of lockdown policies to contain the transmission of Covid-19 led to a debate on what type of lockdowns were warranted, and whether the benefits justified the accompanying economic con...
- Damien de Walque Quy-Toan Do Jed Friedman Andrei Levchenko Lin Ma Gil Shapira
- 15 September, 2021
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Covid-19 and growing food insecurity: Insights from rural Bihar
Emerging research shows that Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on the already undernourished and marginalised populations, by affecting their access to food and nutrition, and consumption patterns...
- Swati Dutta Aditi Madan Sunil Kumar Mishra
- 25 August, 2021
- Notes from the Field
Challenges faced by community health workers in Covid-19 containment efforts
Although community health workers have been the backbone of the fight against Covid-19 in India, there has not been sufficient focus on their well-being and working conditions. Based on a survey in th...
- Somya Bhatia Stutilina Pal Devanik Saha
- 11 August, 2021
- Notes from the Field
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
How has the Covid-19 crisis affected the urban poor? Findings from a phone survey - III
While the devastating impact of the second Covid-19 on public health in India is well-known, there is relatively little evidence on its economic and psychological dimensions. Based on surveys in indus...
- Farzana Afridi Amrita Dhillon Sanchari Roy
- 02 July, 2021
- Notes from the Field
Covid-19: Does obesity play a role?
Overnutrition is a major public health issue in India. Being overweight or obese has been linked to the development of health conditions that make individuals more susceptible to severe illness due to...
- Archana Dang Indrani Gupta
- 28 June, 2021
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