Trends in the utilisation of maternal and child healthcare services from the public and private health sectors in India, 2005–2021: an analysis of cross-sectional survey data by Niranjan Saggurti, Rajib Acharya, Abhishek Kumar, Anchal Purbey, Arupendra Mozumdar, Punit Mishra

“…Market sustainability of key MCH indicators was assessed by level of MCH services and subsidisation.Participants 36 850, 190 898 and 176 843 ever-married women aged 15–49 years, 4440, 22 500 and 15 334 children under 5 years of age with diarrhoea before the survey, and 2552, 6960 and 6117 children with symptoms of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in NFHS 2005–2006, 2015–2016 and 2019–2021, respectively.Outcome measures The study used three maternal healthcare indicators: women had four or more antenatal care (ANC) visits, had institutional delivery, and received postnatal care (PNC); and two child healthcare indicators: care seeking for ARI and diarrhoea.Results In India, utilisation of maternal healthcare services increased over the last 15 years: four or more ANC visits increased from 37% to 58% and PNC of mothers increased from 33% to 78% between 2005–2006 and 2019–2021. …”
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Perceived effectiveness and recommendations from a childbirth quality assurance and improvement programme in India’s private sector: a qualitative evaluation using the RE-AIM frame... by Katherine Semrau, Meghna Desai, Lauren Spigel, Somesh Kumar, Megan Marx Delaney, Lauren Bobanski, Suranjeen Pallipamula, Natalie Henrich, Tapas Sadasivan Nair, Hema Divakar, Rajat Chabba, Shweta Jindal, Gulnoza Usmanova, Sukanya Dutta, Aarushi Gupta, Sucheta Kinjawadekar, Priti Kumar, Priyanka Kumari, Prerna Mukharya, Hrishikesh Pai, Ameya Purandare, Pompy Sridhar

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A Scoping Review of Existing Policy Instruments to Tackle Overweight and Obesity in India: Recommendations for a Social and Behaviour Change Communication Strategy [version 2; peer... by Lopamudra Tripathy, Suparna Ghosh-Jerath, Neena Bhatia, Kathryn Backholer, Kavita Chauhan, Nishibha Thapliyal, Deepika Bahl, Shalini Bassi, Monika Arora, Seema Chandra, Preetu Mishra

“…The scoping review aims to map existing national policy instruments (programmes, schemes, regulations and guidelines) addressing overweight and obesity in India and analysing them for Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) strategies. …”
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Sociodemographic Factors and Antenatal Service Utilization among Severe Acute Malnutrition Children under 2 Years of Age, Western India (Rajkot, Gujarat) – A Hospital-based Case-Co... by Rujal D. Bhitora, Vibha V. Gosalia, Harsha M. Solanki

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Female reproductive ageing persists despite high infanticide risk in chacma baboons and geladas by Jacob A. Feder, India A. Schneider-Crease, Jacinta C. Beehner, Thore J. Bergman, Robert M. Seyfarth, Joan B. Silk, Noah Snyder-Mackler, Amy Lu

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IoT-enabled stepped basin solar stills: Advanced optimization with PSO and ABC algorithms by McLuret, S. Joe Patrick Gnanaraj, Vanthana Jeyasingh

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Recovering the Loss: Infanticide, Ambivalence and Trauma in Shobha Rao’s The Lost Ribbon by Mitali Mishra, Surbhi Saraswat

“…It contends that, contrary to the abstract ideal of a “natural” mother, the subjectivity of the mother in the story is shaped by patriarchal forces that produce a profound and traumatic ambivalence about her identity and belonging. …”
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Examining infant and child death clustering among families in the cross-sectional and nationally representative Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017–2018 by Shobhit Srivastava, Ronak Paul, Rashmi Rashmi

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6-Bromo-9,9-diethyl-N,N-diphenylfluoren-2-amine by Themmila Khamrang, A. Kannan, C. Ponraj, Madhukar Hemamalini, G. Jerald Maria Antony, Dhandayutham Saravanan

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Antihyperlipidemic Potential of Polyphenol and Glycoside Rich Nerium oleander Flower against Triton WR-1339-Induced Hyperlipidemia in Experimental Sprague Dawley Rats by V. Gayathri, S. Ananthi, Hannah R. Vasanthi

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Familial Florid Cemento-Osseous Dysplasia: A Rare Manifestation in an Indian Family by Adit Srivastava, Rahul Agarwal, Romesh Soni, Avesh Sachan, G. C. Shivakumar, T. P. Chaturvedi

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Structured Clanning-Based Ensemble Optimization Algorithm: A Novel Approach for Solving Complex Numerical Problems by Avinash Sharma, Rajesh Kumar, Akash Saxena, B. K. Panigrahi

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Standardization Study of Ghritas by D. Shaila, M. K. Santosh, T. Chandrakumar, I. Sanjeeva Rao

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Rare Case of Methemoglobinemia Complicating Pregnancy by S. Verma, P. Sachdeva, G. Gandhi

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Toxicological studies of Caesalpinia sappan wood derived dye in Wister albino rats by G. Athinarayanana, A.J.A. Ranjitsingh, A. Usha Raja Nanthini, C. Padmalatha

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Development and Functions of the Infant Gut Microflora: Western vs. Indian Infants by Lalit Bharadia, Neha Agrawal, Nandan Joshi

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Cytomictic Anomalous Male Meiosis and 2n Pollen Grain Formation in Mertensia echioides Benth. (Boraginaceae) from Kashmir Himalaya by Reyaz Ahmad Malik, Raghbir Chand Gupta, Santosh Kumari, Akhtar Hussain Malik

“…(Boraginaceae) collected from Kashmir Himalaya, India, is cytologically analyzed for the first time revealing 2n=2x=24 (diploid). …”
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Epidural labour analgesia: A review (labour epidural) by George Manjit, Girijanandan Menon D., Skaria Baby, Lakshmi Seshadri

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Miliary Tuberculosis Presenting as Puerperial Fever by A. Agarwal

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Orbital Prosthetic Rehabilitation in “ADAM Complex” Multiple Orofacial-Cleft Disruption Syndrome by Aparna Barabde, Shailesh M. Barabde, Ashish Bhagat, Amar Thakare

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