in India, West Bengal stands at a vulnerable situation with 2461 confirmed cases till May 15, 2020, and Kolkata (the capital of West Bengal) is severely affected due to COVID-19 pandemic and is the epicentre of the state (Health and Family Welfare Department, Govt. of West Bengal 2020)....
The range of tobacco consumption across various states was found to vary from as low as no consumption in Chandigarh to as high as 48% in Mizoram. North-eastern states including Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram reported very high consumption of tobacco compared to the ...
access to resources, and sociodemographic characteristics of tribal population into five regions which are as follows: (a) northern tribal region (Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand), (b) northeastern tribal region (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, T...
Breast cancer screening was the highest in Tamil Nadu (5781), followed by Mizoram (2723) and Kerala (2429) and it was the lowest in the states of Jharkhand (109) followed by Gujarat (137) and West Bengal (159). In case of cervical cancer, overall, 1965 women had ever undergone the ...
I also must quote the annual report of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India; “Excess intake of fluoride over a long period of time leads to major health disorders like Dental Fluorosis, Skeletal Fluorosis and Non-Skeletal Fluorosis besides inducing ageing. The harmful ef...
(EAG) states: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand [25], and the northeast states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura. The remaining 19 states and union territories comprise the more...
Chakrabarty, MahashwetaDepartment of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, IndiaSingh, AdityaGirl Innovation, Research, and Learning Center, Population Council, New York, USASpringer International PublishingGlobal Social Welfare
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MHFW) also aims to increase health expenditures as a percentage of GDP from 1.15% to 2.5% by 2025 and to simplify the integration of private and public healthcare. In 2018, GOI implemented the Ayushman Bharat Programme with the goal of achieving ...
The survey was conducted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, within the government of India. The International Institute for Population Sciences was the nodal agency for the surveys. Data on immunization were collected from the child’s health report card and from mothers who directly ...
a cross-sectional national representative survey to estimate overweight/obesity and its associated factors among children under five years of age. The NFHS 2015–2016 was conducted under the stewardship of India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), with coordination and technical guidance...