Trend of malaria incidences and its association with rainfall in Kalahandi District of Odisha, India.

In Odisha, Kalahandi is one of the most exposed and vulnerable districts to malaria incidences due to its poor socioeconomic condition and extreme climate. The study aimed to explore the temporal characteristics of malaria incidences in Kalahandi and to identify its relationship with rainfall for the period from 2011 to 2018. Out of the total blood films examined, 8.

Orientation-dependent mechanical response of graphene/BN hybrid nanostructures.

Graphene-based hybrid van der Waals structures have emerged as a new class of materials for novel multifunctional applications. In such a vertically-stacked heterostructure, it is expected that its mechanical strength can be tailored by the orientation of the constituent monolayers relative to each other. In this paper, we explore this hypothesis by investigating the orientation dependence of the mechanical properties of graphene/h-BN heterostructures together with that of graphene and h-BN bilayers.

Impact of Advocacy, Communication, Social Mobilization and Active Case Finding on TB Notification in Jharkhand, India.

Community-level benefits of screening for active tuberculosis (TB) disease remain uncertain. Project Axshya (meaning free of TB) conducted advocacy, communication, social mobilization, and active case finding among vulnerable/marginalized populations of India. Among 15 districts of Jharkhand state, the project was initiated in 36 subdistrict level administrative units - tuberculosis units (TUs) in a staggered manner between April 2013 and September 2014, and continued till the end of 2015.

Active versus passive case finding for tuberculosis in marginalised and vulnerable populations in India: comparison of treatment outcomes.

: Community-based active case finding (ACF) for tuberculosis (TB) implemented among marginalised and vulnerable populations in 285 districts of India resulted in reduction of diagnosis delay and prevalence of catastrophic costs due to TB diagnosis. We were interested to know whether this translated into improved treatment outcomes. Globally, there is limited published literature from marginalised and vulnerable populations on the independent effect of community-based ACF on treatment outcomes when compared to passive case finding (PCF).

Are we missing 'previously treated' smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis under programme settings in India? A cross-sectional study.

In 2007, a field observation from India reported 11% misclassification among 'new' patients registered under the revised national tuberculosis (TB) control programme. Ten years down the line, it is important to know what proportion of newly registered patients has a past history of TB treatment for at least one month (henceforth called 'misclassification'). A study was conducted among new smear-positive pulmonary TB patients registered between March 2016 and February 2017 in 18 randomly selected districts to determine the effectiveness of an active case-finding strategy in marginalised and vulnerable populations.