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Catastrophic health expenditure on private sector pharmaceuticals: a cross-sectional analysis from the state of Odisha, India

Health Policy and Planning, 2022
India has high rates of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE): 16% of Indian households incur CHE. To understand why CHE is so high, we conducted an in-depth analysis in the state of Odisha—a state with high rates of public sector facility use, reported ...
Annie M. Haakenstad, Anuska Kalita, Bijetri Bose, Jan E. Cooper, W. Yip   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Belief and the beast: Religion and attitudes towards tigers in Central India

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Human perceptions of wildlife are critical to shaping conservation outcomes, particularly in landscapes where people coexist with large carnivores. Religion, a deeply rooted sociocultural force, remains underexplored in the context of human–wildlife conflict.
Sathvika Krishnan, Poonam Dhanwatey, Harshwardhan Dhanwatey, Andrew Gosler, Claudio Sillero‐Zubiri   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Why didn't you bring us a pumpkin?’ Relational recognition of caste, class, and tribe in rural Andhra Pradesh, India « Pourquoi ne nous as‐tu pas apporté de citrouille ? » Reconnaissance relationnelle de la caste, de la classe et de la tribu dans les zones rurales de l'Andhra Pradesh (Inde)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article analyses the ways characteristics associated with the ‘Schedule Tribe’ (‘ST’) category in India shape situated acts of relating to others with either deference or assumed superiority. Ethnography shows how within an indigenous Adivasi community the traits that determine identification within the group generate feelings of entitlement and ...
Thomas Herzmark
wiley   +1 more source

Tenure security and property rights: the case of land titling for ‘slum’ dwellers in Odisha, India

International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2022
India continues to urbanise rapidly tinged with sub-standard living conditions of a growing ‘slum’ population. Improving the living conditions of slum-dwellers remains a gargantuan and intractable challenge requiring solutions at scale grounded on ...
Shobha Rao P., Jaime Royo-Olid, Jan Turkstra   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of microplastics and associated ecological risk in the Hirakud Reservoir, Odisha, India.

Journal of Water and Health
Microplastic has emerged as a global threat owing to its chronic ubiquity and persistence. Microplastics' small size expedites their ingestion at each trophic level causing biomagnification and bioaccumulation, which has raised public concerns.
K. Patra, I. Baitharu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

To leave no one behind: Assessing utilization of maternal newborn and child health services by all the 13 particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) of Odisha, India

Health Research Policy and Systems
Indigenous tribal people experience lower coverage of maternal, newborn and child healthcare (MNCH) services worldwide, including in India. Meanwhile, Indian tribal people comprise a special sub-population who are even more isolated, marginalized and ...
Jyoti Ghosal, Madhusmita Bal, Arundhuti Das, Bhuputra Panda, Manoranjan Ranjit, M. Behera, Sonali Kar, S. Satpathy, A. Dutta, Sanghamitra Pati   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Scenario-based quantification of land-use changes and its impacts on ecosystem services: A case of Bhitarkanika mangrove area, Odisha, India

Journal of Coastal Conservation, 2022
Mangrove habitats play a vital role in balancing the coastal ecosystems by providing an array of provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting ecosystem services.
Rakesh Kadaverugu, Shalini Dhyani, Vigna Purohit, R. Dasgupta, Pankaj Kumar, S. Hashimoto, P. Pujari, R. Biniwale   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Implications for Newborn and Child Growth Classification Using INTERGROWTH‐21st and WHO Child Growth Standards

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The aim of this study was to assess how the use of the WHO Child Growth Standards (WHO GS) and the INTERGROWTH‐21st Standards (IG‐21st) affect the classification and interpretation of growth trajectories. Design A secondary data analysis of an observational cohort study.
Linda Vesel, Sara Strout, Simon Parker, Audencio Victor, Bancy Ngatia, Eric O. Ohuma   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detection of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in mosquitoes in areas co-endemic with Brugia malayi in Balasore district, Odisha, India

Scientific Reports
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a crippling and disfiguring parasitic condition. India accounts for 55% of the world’s LF burden. The filarial parasite Wuchereria bancrofti is known to cause 99.4% of the cases while, Brugia malayi accounts for 0.6% of the ...
P. Abraham, Balasubramaniyan Ramalingam, Priyadarshini Mohapatra, K. Krishnamoorthy, S. L. Hoti, Ashwani Kumar   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bureaucrat assignments as instruments of political control: Theory and evidence from land administration officials in India

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates how politicians use the assignment of officials to geographical posts—a personnel system found in many countries—as a system of incentives to control, and possibly corrupt, bureaucratic behavior. The argument is developed with a matching model and tested with a nationwide survey of Indian officials who administer land ...
Anustubh Agnihotri, Aditya Dasgupta, Devesh Kapur   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source