Community Dynamics and Engagement Strategies in Establishing Demographic Development and Environmental Surveillance Systems: A Multi-Site Report from India.

Background: Six diverse Demographic Development and Environmental Surveillance System (DDESS) sites were established in urban slum, urban resettlement, peri-urban, rural, and tribal areas located in Northern, North-East, Eastern, and Southern regions of India from June 2020 to March 2022. Understanding the community dynamics and engaging people in the community is critically important in the process of establishing DDESS. We ascertained the barriers, challenges, and facilitators during the establishment of multiple DDESS sites across India.

Tuberculosis retreatment outcomes and associated factors: a mixed-methods study from Puducherry, India.

Four Tuberculosis (TB) Units in the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. To identify factors associated with unfavourable outcomes among retreatment TB cases in Puducherry. The study had a mixed-methods design in which routinely reported TB data from retreatment TB cases registered during 2014 and 2015 were used for the quantitative part; the qualitative phase comprised interviews and focus group discussions with health care providers.

Factors Associated with Physical Inactivity among Adult Urban Population of Puducherry, India: A Population Based Cross-sectional Study.

Introduction: Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. Increase in physical activity decreases the incidence of cardiovascular diseases, Type 2 diabetes, stroke, and improves psychological wellbeing.

Aim: To study the level of physical inactivity among the adult population in an urban area of Puducherry in India and its associated risk factors.

Unsymmetrical tetrasubstituted ureas from tertiary carbamoylimidazole: activation by AlMe3.

An efficient and general method for the synthesis of unsymmetrical tetrasubstituted ureas from carbamoylimidazole is described. The conversion is achieved by the concurrent quarternization of the imidazole nitrogen and activation of amines with AlMe(3).