Sinha, Abhinav Kanungo, Srikanta Bhattacharya, Debdutta Kaur, Harpreet Pati, Sanghamitra
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Frontiers in Public Health
Introduction Multimorbidity defined as the simultaneous presence of two or more chronic conditions in an individual is on the rise in low- and middle-income countries such as India. With India aiming to achieve universal health coverage, it is imperative to address the inequalities in accessing healthcare, especially among vulnerable groups such as...
Naveen, S. Parida, Jayanta Kumar Panda, Itishree
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Frontiers in Sociology
Introduction Empowering women in a tribal context through entrepreneurship is an approach for enabling and making them economically and socially viable. This paper aims to highlight entrepreneurship in a specific tribal context and provide insight on some instances or cases relating to women's empowerment. Although there are many initiatives from i...
Cáceres, Ángela León Ramesh, Rohan Michael Newmai, Puisaumaliu Kikon, Rhondemo Deckert, Andreas
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Frontiers in Public Health
Background Evidence suggests that healthcare utilization among tribal communities in isolated regions can be influenced by social determinants of health, particularly cultural and geographical factors. The true mortality and morbidity due to these factors in remote tribal communities are often underestimated due to facility-dependent reporting syst...
Chang, Li Pengtao, Geng Xiyao, Zhang
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Frontiers in Political Science
In recent years, Afghanistan has experienced sustained political instability that is rooted in a relatively low level of modern nation-state building. The traditional tribal and Islamic conservationists are too powerful and restrict the process of nation-state building in Afghanistan. The logic behind a traditional tribal society and a modern natio...
Kaur, Prabhdeep Borah, P K Uike, Pankaj V Mohapatra, P K Das, Nabajit Kr Gaigaware, Pooja Tobgay, Karma Jigme Tushi, Aonungdok Zorinsangi, Mazumdar, Gautam
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The Indian journal of medical research
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death in India. Although studies have reported a high prevalence of NCD in tribal populations, there are limited data pertaining mortality due to NCDs. Therefore, in this study we estimated the proportion of deaths due to NCDs among 15 yr and older age group in tribal districts in India. We ...
Birje, Shantanu Patil, Anushree Devashish Munne, Kiran Ramdas Chavan, Vidya Joshi, Beena Nitin Akula, Anamika Salvi, Neha Nair, Smitha Valawalkar, Shahanara Prabhu Tandon, Deepti
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The Indian journal of medical research
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and cancers of breast, oral cavity and cervix contribute to around 5.87 million (60%) deaths in India. Despite this, there is limited evidence on preparedness of the tribal health system in mitigating these conditions. This mixed-methods study aimed at identifying enablers and challenges using a multistakeholder app...
Sharma, Mukul Singh, Pushpendra
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The Indian journal of medical research
The Scheduled Tribes (STs) are designated among the most disadvantaged social groups in India. Until the year 2005 (pre-elimination era of leprosy in India), several leprosy-specific control field programmes were implemented, which have been discontinued subsequently. Since then, leprosy diagnosis and treatment have been integrated with General Hea...
Kulkarni, Ragini Chauhan, Sanjay Joshi, Beena Balsaraf, Kusum Chaudhari, Ravindra Donde, Gauri Juneja, Kavita
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The Indian journal of medical research
In the current health system, cash incentives are given to accredited social health activists for referring women to public health facilities for specific maternal and child health services, however many reproductive health problems are not included in these services. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of involvement of self-help ...
Kaur, Prabhdeep Borah, P K Gaigaware, Pooja Mohapatra, P K R Das, Nabajit K Uike, Pankaj V Tobgay, Karma Jigme Tushi, Aonungdok Zorinsangi, Mazumdar, Gautam
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The Indian journal of medical research
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are highly prevalent in the tribal populations; however, there are limited data regarding health system preparedness to tackle NCDs among these populations. We estimated the availability of human resources, equipment, drugs, services and knowledge of doctors for NCD management in the selected tribal districts in Ind...
Jeyakumar, Angeline Dunna, Devishree Aneesh, Mitravinda
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Frontiers in Public Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing food insecurity in developing nations. The cumulative effect of restricted mobility to curtail the spread of the infection, loss of livelihood and income, worst affected the economically weaker sections. Our work examined the availability, accessibility, and affordability of food during the first w...
