Infrastructure for Rural Transformation in India

Health infrastructure & immunization coverage in rural India.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Immunization coverage in India is far from complete with a disproportionately large number of rural children not being immunized. We carried out this study to examine the role of health infrastructure and community health workers in expanding immunization coverage in rural India. METHODS The sample consisted of 43,416 children aged 2-35 months residing in rural India fr...

Health Infrastructure and Immunization Coverage in Rural India

Background & objectives: Vaccination coverage in India is far from complete despite the commitment to universal coverage. In this study, we examine the role of health infrastructure in expanding immunization coverage in rural India. Our approach differs from prior work in that we include detailed measures of village health infrastructure that account for the wide variations in health care capab...

Infrastructure For Agriculture & Rural Development In India: Need for a Comprehensive Program & Adequate Investment

Economic growth and rural transformation in Eastern India: Strategies for Inclusive Growth

There is an emerging consensus that the well-being of rural households improve with the blending of farm activities with non-farm economic activities. The diversification of rural livelihood positively impacts the well-being of the rural households. Eastern states however remained laggard in rural transformation due to myriad of endogenous as well as exogenous factors. With uneven distribution ...

Document Transformation Infrastructure

Many people face barriers to accessing textual information due to visual, reading or language limitations. They need alternative formats to text such as Braille or audio. However, producing accessible formats is often expensive, time consuming, and requires special expertise and training. RoboBraille offers a cost-effective and timely manner to accessible material production. It provides fully ...