Achieving universal health coverage in low-and middle-income countries: challenges for policy post-pandemic and beyond

PB Kodali - Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) is critical for ensuring equity,
improving health, and protecting households from financial catastrophe. The COVID-19 …

What is polluting Delhi's Air? A review from 1990 to 2022

SK Guttikunda, SK Dammalapati, G Pradhan, B Krishna… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Delhi's annual average PM2. 5 concentration in 2021–22 was 100 μg/m3—20 times more
than the WHO guideline of 5 μg/m3. This is an improvement compared to the limited …

Prevalence of dementia in India: National and state estimates from a nationwide study

J Lee, E Meijer, KM Langa, M Ganguli… - Alzheimer's & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Prior estimates of dementia prevalence in India were based on samples from
selected communities, inadequately representing the national and state populations …

Hypertension treatment cascade in India: results from national noncommunicable disease monitoring survey

R Amarchand, V Kulothungan, A Krishnan… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Hypertension is a major risk factor for ischemic heart disease and stroke. We estimated
prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension along with its determinants in …

Addressing Biases in Ambient PM2.5 Exposure and Associated Health Burden Estimates by Filling Satellite AOD Retrieval Gaps over India

V Katoch, A Kumar, F Imam, D Sarkar… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ambient PM2. 5 exposure statistics in countries with limited ground monitors are derived
from satellite aerosol optical depth (AOD) products that have spatial gaps. Here, we …

The India Hypertension Control Initiative–early outcomes in 26 districts across five states of India, 2018–2020

P Kaur, A Kunwar, M Sharma, K Durgad… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Hypertension is the leading single preventable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The
India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) project was designed to improve hypertension …

Soil micronutrients linked to human health in India

CM Morton, H Pullabhotla, L Bevis, DB Lobell - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Trace soil minerals are a critical determinant of both crop productivity and the mineral
concentration of crops, therefore potentially impacting the nutritional status of human …

Spatiotemporal variations and determinants of overweight/obesity among women of reproductive age in urban India during 2005-2021

A Singh, S Let, S Tiwari, M Chakrabarty - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background India has witnessed rapid urbanization in recent decades, leading to a
worrisome surge in non-communicable diseases, particularly overweight/obesity, which now …

Cancer statistics in Pakistan from 1994 to 2021: data from cancer registry

M Tufail, C Wu - JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, 2023 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Pakistan has been systematically collecting cancer data since 1994 through
cancer registries. METHODS This article presents a comprehensive analysis of cancer …

Deep phenotyping and genomic data from a nationally representative study on dementia in India

J Lee, S Petrosyan, P Khobragade, J Banerjee… - Scientific data, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia for the Longitudinal Aging
Study in India (LASI-DAD) is a nationally representative in-depth study of cognitive aging …