Colored rain falls in Kerala, India

Cancer Control in Kerala, India

Cancer control programmes have been adopted by many countries. However inadequate assessment of needs and resources, insufficient political will, lack of proper planning, execution and evaluation are the major factors that makes the programme inefficient. Participation from the various sections of society & groups has not been optimal. The experience & achievements in this regard in Kerala are ...

Characteristics of Drought in Kerala, India

Outpatient care utilization in urban Kerala, India.

CONTEXT Kerala is characterized by a high density of public and private health infrastructure. While less inequality in access has been reported in this Indian state, few studies have looked at problems found within cities. Escalation of costs of private services and reduced public investments could generate some inequalities in access for the poor. OBJECTIVE To assess factors associated with...

Understanding Below-replacement Fertility in Kerala, India

Kerala is well-known globally for the unprecedented fertility transition in the Indian subcontinent towards the end of the last century. The state has already reached below-replacement fertility level in the 1990s while the rest of India was experiencing high or mid-level fertility. With this backdrop, an attempt was made in this paper (a) to explore the plausible factors associated with sub-re...

Prevalence of dementia in an urban population in Kerala, India.

BACKGROUND Dementia is emerging as an important health problem of elderly people in India. AIMS To investigate the prevalence, psychosocial correlates and risk factors of various dementing disorders in an urban population in Kerala, southern India. METHOD A door-to-door survey was conducted in the city of Kochi (Cochin) to identify residents aged > or =65 years using cluster sampling. Of 19...