Vaishali Jaiswal

• Master of Science
• National Institute of Health and Family Wefare

Introduction: Biomass Fuels (BMF) used for daily cooking in developing countries inside home is the highest exposures to air pollutants. Inhalation of these pollutants causes harmful health effects. This study aims to assess the health effects with the indoor air pollutants generated BMF. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study, conducted in...

The significant achievement within public health in India during the past few decades is visualized by a decrease in demographic indicators for health like IMR, MMR, TFR and doubling of life expectancy health care system across the states visages a kind of disagreement of an emerging disconnect between the complexity and iniquitous nature of proble...

Consumption of energy is a determinant of the socioeconomic status of many citizens across the globe. The majority of rural households in India are dependent on biomass fuels. Existing data on the factors affecting fuel switching in rural India are insufficient to analyze a behavioral change among families. This paper evaluates the influence of fou...

The significant achievement in public health in India during the past few decades is visualized by a decrease in demographic indicators for health like IMR, MMR, TFR and doubling of life expectancy. But grading people’s health and the health care system across the states visage a kind of disagreement of an emerging disconnect between the complexity...

In India, unsafe water, poor sanitation and unhygienic conditions claim the lives of around 0.5 million children annually under the age of 5 years mainly from diarrhoea. The objective of this paper is to assess the level, trend, progress rate differential in accessibility and availability of safe drinking water and basic sanitation facility within...

Household air pollution is the degradation of household air quality by harmful chemicals and other materials; it can be up to 10 times worse than outdoor air pollution. This is because contained areas enable potential pollutants to build up more than open spaces. Statistics suggest that in developing countries, health impacts of household air pollu...

Introduction: India is urbanizing at a fast pace mainly due to migration of people from rural areas to urban areas. The slum population is constantly increasing and it has doubled in the past two decades. Rapid urbanization puts pressure on already strained infrastructure of the city leading to creation of slums. Methods: The secondary data analysi...

Background: While the roles and responsibilities of nursing professionals have multiplied over the years, but there are huge concerns with regard to the development of the nursing workforce and human resources (HR) issues for their career growth. The major lacuna is in not involving the nursing professionals in policy framing and decision-making....

The Modern concept of sanitation embodies liquid and solid waste disposal of excreta, food hygiene, personal, domestic and environmental hygiene, determining quality of life and human development index. earlier the concept of sanitation was confined to the disposal of human excreta by cesspools, open ditches, pit latrines, bucket system etc. Modern...

Climate change is one of the most important global environmental challenges of the present century. The IPCC report of 2007 concludes that climate change is projected to increase threat to human health, particularly in lower income countries. It will have implications on food production, water supply, air quality, coastal settlements and human heal...

The National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW) has been entrusted by the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) to undertake monitoring and supervision of annual Sentinel Surveillance (ASS) activity in India since 1998, to ensure that the data obtained are valid. Earlier Regional coordinating teams cooperated with NIHFW in this task...

Climate change is one of the most important global environmental challenges, with implications for food production, water supply, health, energy, etc. Addressing climate change requires a good scientific understanding as well as coordinated action at national and global level. This paper addresses these challenges. There are many temperature depend...

The industrial revolution which started in mid 19th century has resulted in severe exploitation of natural resources and degradation of environment by human population which is presently posing the greatest threat to the globe. Earth is warming at an unusual rate. Evidence of warming is present in different forms. The most obvious is data of temper...

Nurses and midwives are the backbone for the delivery of cost­effective and quality health care. They play a central role in health service delivery promotion, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. They may be the only frontline providers of health care in areas of great health need, especially in remote areas. Their contributions to health car...

Nurses and midwives are the backbone for the delivery of cost­effective and quality health care. They play a central role in health service delivery promotion, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. They may be the only frontline providers of health care in areas of great health need, especially in remote areas. Their contributions to health car...