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The world is facing the most challenging pandemic in the 21st century. The developed and developing countries are facing the burden equally and no proven treatment options available. Recent studies su…
Gargling had been reported to have some roles in the prevention and treatment of respiratory tract infections. The purpose of this study was to assess the ability of regular gargling using 7.5% sodium…
Transparent and accessible reporting of COVID-19 data is critical for public health efforts. Each Indian state has its own mechanism for reporting COVID-19 data, and the quality of their reporting has…
COVID-19 is affecting the entire population of India. Understanding district level correlates of the COVID-19's infection ratio (IR) is essential for formulating policies and interventions. The presen…
Menstrual hygiene products used by women have evolved in the past several decades with comfort, ease of use and cost driving women's choices. In a country like India, where women form nearly 50% of th…
The growth of COVID-19 cases in India is scaling high over the past weeks despite stringent lockdown policies. This study introduces a GPS-based tool, i.e., lockdown breaching index (LBI), which helps…
This paper examines critically the economic package announced by the Indian central government to counter the challenges of lives and livelihood in the Covid-19 pandemic. This paper estimates the shar…
UN-Habitat identified the present COVID-19 pandemic as 'city-centric'. In India, more than 50% of the total cases were documented in megacities and million-plus cities. The slums of cities are the mos…
COVID-19 testing across India uses a mix of two types of tests. Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) are relatively inexpensive point-of-care lateral-flow-assay tests, but they are also less sensitive. The reve…
Globally, the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak is linked with air pollution of both indoor and outdoor environments and co-morbidities conditions of human beings. To find out the risk factor zo…
Responding to pandemics is challenging in pluralistic health systems. This study assesses COVID-19 knowledge and case management of informal providers (IPs), trained practitioners of Ayurveda, Yoga an…
During a health emergency such as the current COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, immediate access to validated information is of utmost importance. Unfortunately, unverified, unreliable, an…
Healthcare workers (HCWs) due to their job profile are at utmost risk of contracting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Serological survey is an useful tool for vu…
The preparedness of Indian states and union territories (UTs) against the COVID-19 pandemic has been evaluated. Ten parameters related to demographic, socioeconomic, and healthcare aspects have been c…
India became one of the most COVID-19 affected countries with more than 4 million infected cases and 71,000 deaths by September 2020. We studied the temporal dynamics and geographic distribution of SA…
On March 24, 2020 India implemented a national lockdown to prevent spread of the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among its 1.3 billion people. As the pandemic may disproportionately impact women …
Phone-based interviews present a range of ethical challenges, including how to ensure informed consent and privacy and maintain confidentiality. Our paper presents conceptual and practical ethical con…
As the pandemic COVID-19 affected developing and developed countries, there is no proven treatment options available yet. The anti-inflammatory, antiviral and immune modulator effect of Vitamin D coul…
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