Objective: An ethnobotanical survey was conducted in forest and adjoining rural areas of Rayalaseema region, Andhra Pradesh to collect firsthand information on herbal remedies used for snake bite. Methods: The ethnomedicinal study was carried out in four districts of Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh during 2009-2012. The firsthand information on their traditional use of medicinal plants was...

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) commonly known as elephantiasis is considered as a major public health problem due to its considerable morbidity and social stigma. National health policy 2002 aims at elimination of transmission and the prevention of disability due to LF by the year 20151. Sixteen out of twenty three districts of Andhra Pradesh, India are under the grip of LF and 54 million population...

Microfinance programs and institutions are increasingly important in development strategies but knowledge about their impacts is partial and contested. This paper reviews the methodological options for the impact assessment (IA) of microfinance. Following a discussion of the varying objectives of IA it examines the choice of conceptual frameworks and presents three paradigms of impact assessmen...

The present paper deals with the ethno-medico-botany of Chenchus of Mahaboobnagar district, Andhra Pradesh. About fourty four plants are enumerated with knowledge of the tribals for their medicinal uses in curing different diseases and ailments.

Caesarean section rates have been increasing world-wide raising the question of the appropriateness of the selection of cases for the procedure. This paper examines the levels and correlates of delivery related complications and caesarean section deliveries in eighteen selected states of India in terms of specific maternal and institutional factors, using data from the National Family Health Su...

Uddanam nephropathy in India: a challenge for epidemiologists Praveen Gadde, Suresh Sanikommu, Ramesh Manumanthu & Anitha Akkaloori a Department of Public Health Dentistry, Vishnu Dental College, Bhimavaram, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India. b Department of Public Health Dentistry, Mallareddy Dental College for Women, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Correspondence to Praveen Gadde (em...

1 PG Scholar, Department of EEE, JNTU Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India 2 PG Scholar, Department of EEE, JNTU Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract-Most of the electricity in India comes from fossil-fuels like coal, oil and natural gas. Today the demand ...

1PG scholar, Dept of Electrical Engineering, A.U. College of Engineering (A), Andhra Pradesh, India. 2 Professor, Dept of Electrical Engineering, A.U. College of Engineering (A), Andhra Pradesh, India. ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract A dual bridge rectifier topology consisting of...

Multiple linear regression models (pest-weather models) were developed between monthly mean brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens light trap catches and monthly mean values of minimum temperature (Tmin), maximum temperature (Tmax), morning relative humidity (RH 1 ) and evening relative humidity (RH 2 ) observed at Maruteru, Andhra Pradesh during 2000-2007 kharif seasons. Comparison betwee...

An ethno botanical survey was undertaken to collect information from Yanadi tribe of Cheruvukattasangham, Kavali, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Kavali is a part of Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt which is a Precambrian fold belt extending over 600 km along the east coast of India from the North of Cuttack in Orissa to Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. Yanadi tribe is most prevalent in this region...