Over the years, national and sub-national governments have introduced several initiatives to improve access to maternal and child health services in India. However, financial barriers have posed major constraints. Based upon the data of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) round 4 for Odisha state, our paper examines the out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) borne by households for accessing materna...

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Sachidananda Mohanty, Periodical Press and Colonial Modernity: Odisha, 1866–1936. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2016. 143 pages. ₹595.

The emergence and spread of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor variant strains causing severe diarrhea has been witnessed worldwide in recent years. In the state of Odisha, India, the spread of the V. cholerae O1 El Tor variant strains was studied during outbreaks in 2008 and 2009. Analysis of 194 V. cholerae O1 Ogawa strains revealed that V. cholerae O1 El Tor variant strains are spreading gradually th...

Manotosh Kumbhakar 1,*, Snehasis Kundu 2, Koeli Ghoshal 1 and Vijay P. Singh 3,4 1 Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India; [email protected] 2 Department of Basic Sciences and Humanities, IIIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751003, India; [email protected] 3 Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Statio...

Background Diabetes is a major health care challenge in India [1]. Majority of diabetics depend on primary care settings for the management of their condition. Management of diabetes could be challenging for primary care provider owing to its co morbidities. Present exploratory study assessed the availability of resources at the primary health care facilities in Odisha, for managing diabetes as...

1 Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, University of Tromso, 9037 Tromso, Norway 2Nofima, Muninbakken 9-13, 9291 Tromso, Norway 3Division of Solid Tumor, Department of Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA 4 Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Immunology Discovery, 3210 Merryfield Row, San Diego, CA 92121, U...

Background: The increasing population and need for higher quantity of food grain production necessitates efficient use limited water in the country, as agriculture sector alone uses 78% resources India. During rabi season, mostly crops are grown with irrigation southern Odisha. There is no enough information on requirement maize, sorghum pearl millet region, which necessitated this study. Metho...

The present work analyses climatological variations of Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) and Inhibition (CIN) over the eastern India (Odisha, West Bengal Jharkhand) during pre-monsoon season, where thunderstorms are frequent disastrous. utilises European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) reanalysis data: ERA-5 1987-2016, supplemented with information about thunderstorm...