BACKGROUND Multi-morbidity among elderly is increasingly recognized as a major public health challenge in most of the developing countries. However, information on the size of population suffering from multi-morbidity and socio-economic differentials of multi-morbidity is scarce. The objectives of this paper are twofold; first, to assess the prevalence of various chronic conditions and morbidit...

BACKGROUND An effective health workforce is essential for achieving health-related new Sustainable Development Goals. Odisha, one of the states in India with low health indicators, faces challenges in recruiting and retaining health staff in the public sector, especially doctors. Recruitment, deployment and career progression play an important role in attracting and retaining doctors. We examin...

Traditional knowledge that is developed through the combined experience of many generations still practiced in tribal and rural societies. The aim this review to collect informations on medico-religious plants used various ailments by Tribal population Odisha with a focus pharmacological uses some plants, order create room for future research. novelty our best understood from fact religious bas...

School enrollment rates in developing countries have increased substantially over the past few decades. However, due largely to budget constraints, hiring contract teachers has become an ad hoc , yet a popular solution teacher shortages Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Studies concerning primarily focused on their performance, efficiency, cost-effectiveness. In light of literature precarity ass...

Salvia misella Kunth (Lamiaceae) is reported here as an addition to the flora of Eastern Ghats India from Koraput district Odisha. The nomenclature, botanical description, phenology, ecology and distribution species have been provided in this paper along with colour photographs plant parts for easy identification species.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Despite various efforts by the Government of India, utilization of antenatal care (ANC) services continues to be low among women from rural areas particularly those belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. The present study was undertaken to examine the factors associated with the utilization of ANC services among women in four States including Rajasthan, Odisha, Chhattisgarh ...

BACKGROUND The present work aimed at to describe hearing threshold based on audiometry data of the mine workers based on their age, work station and years of working of an open cast chromite mine in Odisha, India at high fence. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study of hearing threshold of the subjects of the chromite mine was carried out. Audiometric data of 500 subjects were taken fr...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have become an essential surveillance tool in the malaria control programme in India. The current study aimed to assess the performance of ParaHIT-f, a rapid test in diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infection through detecting its specific antigen, histidine rich protein 2 (PfHRP-2), in Odisha State, India. METHODS The study was undertak...

BACKGROUND Complement receptor 1 (CR1) plays an important role in immune complex clearance by opsonisation and possibly protects subjects from development of autoantibodies. Lower CR1 expression has been associated with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In contrast, subjects displaying lower CR1 expression are protected against severe manifestations of falciparum malaria. Th...