Healthcare workers' perspectives on Ayushman Bharat Yojana in Kashmir: Insights for policy and practice.

Background: In India, the Ayushman Bharat Program aims to provide comprehensive healthcare coverage to underprivileged communities, guided by the 2017 National Health Policy and aligned with Sustainable Development Goals. This study explores healthcare workers' perspectives on the implementation, impact, and challenges of Ayushman Bharat Yojana (ABY) in Kashmir, focusing on primary care services.

Methods: A mixed-methods study was conducted over ten months (October 2020 to August 2021) across ten districts in Kashmir.

Burden of Goitre and Urinary Iodine Status among Primary School Children in Kashmir, India-Evidence from a Population-Based Iodine Deficiency Disorder Survey.

Introduction: Iodine deficiency is the leading cause of preventable brain damage, with 30% of the world's population suffering from iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs). The objectives of the study are to estimate the prevalence of goitre among schoolchildren in the age group of 6-12 years, to find out the proportion of households with adequately iodised salt, and to assess the dietary iodine intake by measuring urinary iodine levels in the urine samples of school-going children.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in four pre-selected districts of the Kashmir division of Jammu and Kashmir in school-going children aged 6 to 12 years.

Teachers' perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and virtual teaching on the physical and mental health of children in Kashmir: A qualitative study.

Background: Children inherently want to remain engrossed in the activities as easily as possible within their ecological environment and academic curricular ambit. Covid-19 adversely affected our physical, social, and mental conditions and children were no exception.

Objectives: To understand the experiences of teachers who have been doing virtual teaching to children during COVID-19; To understand the impact of virtual teaching and COVID-19 on physical and mental health of children.

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-specific anti-spike IgM, IgG, and anti-nucleocapsid IgG antibodies during the second wave of the pandemic: A population-based cross-sectional survey across Kashmir, India.

Background: Within Kashmir, which is one of the topographically distinct areas in the Himalayan belt of India, a total of 2,236 cumulative deaths occurred by the end of the second wave. We aimed to conduct this population-based study in the age group of 7 years and above to estimate the seropositivity and its attributes in Kashmir valley.

Methods: We conducted a community-based household-level cross-sectional study, with a multistage, population-stratified, probability-proportionate-to-size, cluster sampling method to select 400 participants from each of the 10 districts of Kashmir.

Measles surveillance in Kashmir: A mixed methods study.

Background: Measles surveillance serves as the means of monitoring program success. The quintessential purpose of measles surveillance is to identify gaps and garner effective public health responses to achieve measles elimination.

Objectives: There were two key objectives: (i) to conduct an in-depth review of the existing measles surveillance system in Kashmir and highlight its strengths and weaknesses and (ii) to assess the pattern of measles-containing vaccine (MCV1) coverage and MCV2 coverage among under-5 years children and describe the health-seeking patterns of suspected cases of measles.

SARS-CoV-2 specific IgG antibodies among participants presenting to a voluntary testing facility in Srinagar, Kashmir.

Background: The tide of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has scoured the global community with India, from 30 January 2020 to 30 September 2021, reporting 33,739,980 confirmed cases and over 448,090 deaths from coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Serologic testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection among the general public will provide essential information regarding the risk of infection. So, the present study was conducted to provide relevant information on the proportion of people who hadexperienced either a recent or past infection.

Concurrent evaluation of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Kashmir: A mixed methods study.

Background: Active acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases surveillance in children under 15 years is ongoing till reaching eradication of poliomyelitis in the globe. As there is always a high risk of importation of wild poliovirus (WPV) from the endemic countries, accurate surveillance for AFP cases to detect WPV circulation and to maintain our achievement is thoroughly essential.

Objectives: To evaluate the performance of the AFP surveillance system in Kashmir Valley.

The burden of SARS-CoV-2 among healthcare workers across 16 hospitals of Kashmir, India-A seroepidemiological study.

Unlabelled: SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has greatly affected healthcare workers because of the high risk of getting infected. The present cross-sectional study measured SARS-CoV-2 antibody in healthcare workers of Kashmir, India.

Methods: Serological testing to detect antibodies against nucleocapsid protein of SARS-CoV-2 was performed in 2003 healthcare workers who voluntarily participated in the study.

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-specific IgG antibodies in Kashmir, India, 7 months after the first reported local COVID-19 case: results of a population-based seroprevalence survey from October to November 2020.

Objectives: We designed a population-based survey in Kashmir to estimate the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-specific IgG antibodies in the general population aged 18 years and above.

Setting: The survey was conducted among 110 villages and urban wards across 10 districts in Kashmir from 17 October 2020 to 4 November 2020.

Participants: Individuals aged 18 years and above were eligible to be included in the survey.

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among the general population and healthcare workers in India, December 2020-January 2021.

Background: Earlier serosurveys in India revealed seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) of 0.73% in May-June 2020 and 7.1% in August-September 2020.

SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Among Healthcare Workers by Workplace Exposure Risk in Kashmir, India.

Background: SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) poses a tremendous challenge to healthcare systems across the globe. Serologic testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers (HCWs) may quantify the rate of clinically significant exposure in an institutional setting and identify those HCWs who are at greatest risk.

Methods: We conducted a survey and SARS-CoV-2 serologic testing among a convenience sample of HCWs from 79 non-COVID and 3 dedicated COVID hospitals in District Srinagar of Kashmir, India.

SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in India, August-September, 2020: findings from the second nationwide household serosurvey.

Background: The first national severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) serosurvey in India, done in May-June, 2020, among adults aged 18 years or older from 21 states, found a SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody seroprevalence of 0·73% (95% CI 0·34-1·13). We aimed to assess the more recent nationwide seroprevalence in the general population in India.

Methods: We did a second household serosurvey among individuals aged 10 years or older in the same 700 villages or wards within 70 districts in India that were included in the first serosurvey.

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 specific IgG antibodies in District Srinagar, northern India - A cross-sectional study.

Background: Prevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 infection provides essential information for deciding disease prevention and mitigation measures. We estimate the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 specific IgG antibodies in District Srinagar.

Methods: 2906 persons >18 years of age selected from hospital visitors across District Srinagar participated in the study.

Patterns of Failure After Trimodal Treatment in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Initial Experiences from a High-Risk Endemic Area.

Recurrence is a significant problem faced in patients with esophageal cancer even after treatment with trimodal approach. We report patterns of failure in our patients of esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) treated with trimodal approach. This is a single-institution retrospective analysis of 46 patients of locally advanced ESCC (treated between 2013 and 2017) managed by trimodal treatment approach.

One-year descriptive analysis of patients treated at an anti-rabies clinic-A retrospective study from Kashmir.

Dog bites in humans are a major public health problem in India in general and Kashmir in particular. Canine rabies is almost non-existent in developed countries and exists mainly in the poorer, low socioeconomic strata of society in the developing world. The objective of this study was to determine the characteristics, pattern, and burden of dog bite injuries in the Kashmir valley.

Epidemiology of Cancers in Kashmir, India: An Analysis of Hospital Data.

Cancer is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the world. The aim of the present study was to measure the pattern of different cancers in Kashmir, India, a cancer belt with peculiar cancer profile. A hospital based cancer registry was started by the Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar, in January 2006, wherein information was collected from cancer patients who were diagnosed and treated in the hospital.

Epidemiology of bronchial asthma in school children (10-16 years) in Srinagar.

Objectives: To assess the epidemiological profile of asthma in school going children in Srinagar, Kashmir.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Thirty-one schools with proportionate representation from both government and private schools as well as from primary, middle, and high schools.

Role of preoperative chemotherapy in squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus in kashmir, a cancer belt - a pilot study.

Background: Esophageal carcinoma is the fifth leading gastrointestinal malignancy and is one of the leading causes of cancer related death. Despite improvements in surgical technique over the last few decades, the outcome has been dismal, with overall 5 year survival not exceeding 15%-25%.

Aims And Objectives: To evaluate the effect of preoperative chemotherapy on resectability, complication rate and overall survival in patients with squamous cell carcinoma esophagus.

Gastric cancer in kashmir.

Gastric cancer has been reported to be a highly prevalent malignancy in Kashmir, where together with esophageal cancer it accounts for more than 60% of all cancers, much higher than in other parts of the region. Particular life style habits like consumption of salted tea and tobacco smoking by hukkah, as well as Helicobacter pylori infection, are often mentioned in the context of risk factors. However, the majority of the population does not consume alcohol and the prevalence of H.

Klebsiella brain abscess in a neonate.

Klebsiella pneumoniae is rarely associated with neonatal cerebral abscess. A case of Klebsiella brain abscess in a neonate is described. Diagnosis of abscess was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound-guided aspiration.

Community-based screening of cervical cancer in a low prevalence area of India: a cross sectional study.

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer of women in the world. The disease is amenable to various screening tests of which cytological screening by the Papanicolaou technique remains the mainstay for mass screening. The aim of the present study was to establish the prevalence of cervical cancer in a rural ethnically Muslim community in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India.