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Comprehensive assessment of health disparities in tribal and non-tribal population in India: a sex- and age-stratified cross-sectional study [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundHealth disparities and glycemic risk among tribal and non-tribal populations in India remain poorly characterized particularly in the context of socio-demographic, behavioral, cultural, and clinical aspects.
Yashwant Kumar Ratre, Bhagirath Dave, Madhvi Joshi, Snehal Bagatharia, Tejas Shah, Sanman Samova, Chaitanya Joshi, Amrutlal Patel, Bhumika Prajapati   +8 more
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Descriptive analysis of a tuberculosis outbreak from a northern Saskatchewan First Nations community—December 2018 to May 2019

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021
Background: The tuberculosis (TB) incidence rate for northern Saskatchewan First Nations on-reserve is 1.5 higher than the national average. In December 2018 a member of one of these communities was diagnosed with 4+ smear-positive TB, spurring an ...
Nnamdi Ndubuka, Braeden Klaver, Sabyasachi Gupta, Shree Lamichhane, Leslie Brooks, Shirley Nelson, Grace Akinjobi   +6 more
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Secondary metabolite profiling and characterization of diterpenes and flavones from the methanolic extract of Andrographis paniculata using HPLC-LC-MS/MS

Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021
Background Andrographis paniculata is a well-known medicinal plant that contains various classes of bioactive secondary metabolites. It is widely used by the traditional medicinal healers for treatment of malaria and other diseases.
Manish Kumar Dwivedi, Shruti Sonter, Shringika Mishra, Priyanka Singh, Prashant Kumar Singh   +4 more
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Antioxidant, antibacterial activity, and phytochemical characterization of Carica papaya flowers

Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2020
Background Carica papaya is an eminent medicinal plant used all over the world to treat several diseases like malaria, dengue, inflammation, and skin infections. In this study, preliminary phytochemical screening for C.
Manish Kumar Dwivedi, Shruti Sonter, Shringika Mishra, Digvesh Kumar Patel, Prashant Kumar Singh   +4 more
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Community—Minimal Invasive Tissue Sampling (cMITS) using a modified ambulance for ascertaining the cause of death: A novel approach piloted in a remote inaccessible rural area in India

Archives of Public Health, 2023
Background Melghat in India is a hilly, forested, difficult to access, impoverished rural area in northeast part of Maharashtra (Central India) with difficult healthcare access. Melghat has very high Mortality rates, because of grossly inadequate medical
Ashish Satav, Niteen Wairagkar, Shubhada Khirwadkar, Vibhawari Dani, Reeta Rasaily, Usha Agrawal, Yagnesh Thakar, Dhananjay Raje, Fouzia Siraj, Pradyot Garge, Sameer Palaskar, Shraddha Kumbhare, Eric A. F. Simões   +12 more
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Evaluation of Microchip-Based Point-Of-Care Device “Gazelle” for Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease in India

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Sickle cell disease is a major public health problem in India. Lack of rapid and reliable diagnostic methods result in many avoidable deaths in affected population. Current diagnostic tools are laboratory based, expensive and need trained manpower. Here,
Shweta Shrivas, Madhav Patel, Rajat Kumar, Anil Gwal, Ramswaroop Uikey, Shashi Kant Tiwari, Anil Kumar Verma, Priyaleela Thota, Aparup Das, Praveen Kumar Bharti, Rajasubramaniam Shanmugam   +10 more
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Indigenous Māori values and perspectives to inform freshwater management in Aotearoa-New Zealand

Ecology and Society, 2016
In response to widespread water quality and quantity issues, the New Zealand Government has recently embarked on a number of comprehensive freshwater management reforms, developing a raft of national discussion and policy documents such as "Freshwater ...
Garth Harmsworth, Shaun Awatere, Mahuru Robb   +2 more
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SOME POTENTIAL MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY THE TRIBALS OF ANGUL DISTRICT, ODISHA, INDIA [PDF]

Exploratory Animal and Medical Research, 2023
The present paper deals with the traditional uses of 20 medicinal plant species by some ethnic populace of the Angul district of Odisha. This ethnomedicinal study shows that the leaf, root, and fruit are the top three plant parts used. Vanda tessellata
Sitaram Prasad Panda, Ravi Prasad, Rahul Deb Barman   +2 more
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Chemical profiling, in vitro antioxidant, membrane stabilizing and antimicrobial properties of wild growing Murraya paniculata from Amarkantak (M.P.)

Scientific Reports, 2021
The excessive usage of antibiotics in humans and veterinary medicine has lead to the emergence of antibiotic resistance and now requires the use of novel antibiotics.
Shruti Sonter, Shringika Mishra, Manish Kumar Dwivedi, Prashant Kumar Singh   +3 more
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Pequot Warriors Combating Paper Genocide: How the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation Uses Education to Resist Cultural Erasure

The Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography, 2020
This paper analyzes the southeastern Connecticut Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation’s battle with cultural erasure and resistance through education. Indigenous education programs are gradual yet the most effective method of resisting Western cultural erasure ...
Lan-Húóng Nguyễn, Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation   +1 more
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