Global Health Teaching in India: A Curricular Landscape by Sanghamitra Pati, Rajeshwari Sinha, Meely Panda, Sandipana Pati, Anjali Sharma, Sanjay Zodpey

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Factors affecting immunization coverage in urban slums of Odisha, India: implications on urban health policy by Santosh K. Prusty, Bhuputra Panda, Abhimanyu S. Chauhan, Jayanta K. Das

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Mechanistic insights of host cell fusion of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 from atomic resolution structure and membrane dynamics by Chakraborty, Hirak, Bhattacharjya, Surajit

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QUALITY CHECKING OF CROP CUTTING EXPERIMENTS USING REMOTE SENSING DATA: A CASE STUDY FOR RICE CROP IN ODISHA by S. K. Dubey, D. Mandloi, A. S. Gavli, A. Latwal, R. Das, S. S. Ray

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Adaptation of a Public–Private Partnership Model for the Implementation of Minipool Nucleic Acid Testing for Screening Routine Blood Donations and Assay Evaluation by Smita Mahapatra, Pankaj Parida, Chitta Ranjan Prasad, Sabita Palai, Debashis Mishra, Susmita Behera, Rabindra Kumar Mishra, Binayak Prasad Prusty, Kalyan Sarkar

“…This report outlines the initiative of the Government of Odisha to implement NAT screening in government blood banks in the state of Odisha, India, through public–private partnership (PPP) and evaluates the incremental yield of minipool NAT screening over serology testing of blood donations. …”
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Bacterial Diversity and CAZyme Potential Revealed in Pandanus Rich Thermal Spring Cluster of India: A Non-cultivable 16S rRNA Sequencing Approach by Sangita Dixit, Mahendra Gaur, Enketeswara Subudhi, Rajesh Kumar Sahoo, Suchanda Dey, Lakshmi Datta Mahapatra, Surajit De Mandal, Nachimuthu Senthil Kumar, Hardik Anirudh

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Haematophysiological Study of Transfusion Dependent Beta-thalassaemia Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Odisha, India by Bhagyalaxmi Das, Bishnu Prasad Dash, Dharma Niranjan Mishra, Rabindra Kumar Jena

“…The Present study helped the families having TDT beta thalassaemia for early detection and avail the facilities given by Government of Odisha.…”
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Serological surveys to inform SARS-CoV-2 epidemic curve: a cross-sectional study from Odisha, India by Jaya Singh Kshatri, Debdutta Bhattacharya, Srikanta Kanungo, Sidhartha Giri, Subrata Kumar Palo, Debaprasad Parai, Jyotirmayee Turuk, Asit Mansingh, Hari Ram Choudhary, Matrujyoti Pattnaik, Girish Chandra Dash, Prasantajyoti Mohanty, Niranjan Mishra, Durga Madhab Satapathy, Sanjaya Kumar Sahoo, Sanghamitra Pati, ICMR-RMRC [OdiSHA-COVID-19] Serosurvey Team

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Tribal Odisha Eye Disease Study (TOES # 2) Rayagada school screening program: efficacy of multistage screening of school teachers in detection of impaired vision and other ocular a... by Panda L, Das T, Nayak S, Barik U, Mohanta BC, Williams J, Warkad V, Tapas Kumar GP, Khanna RC

“…Lapam Panda,1 Taraprasad Das,1 Suryasmita Nayak,1 Umasankar Barik,2 Bikash C Mohanta,1 Jachin Williams,3 Vivekanand Warkad,4 Guha Poonam Tapas Kumar,5 Rohit C Khanna3 1Indian Oil Center for Rural Eye Health, GPR ICARE, L V Prasad Eye Institute, MTC Campus, Bhubaneswar, India; 2Naraindas Morbai Budhrani Eye Centre, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Rayagada, India; 3Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Center for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, KAR Campus, Hyderabad, India; 4Miriam Hyman Children Eye Care Center, L V Prasad Eye Institute, MTC Campus, Bhubaneswar, India; 5District Administration, Government of Odisha, Rayagada, India Purpose: To describe program planning and effectiveness of multistage school eye screening and assess accuracy of teachers in vision screening and detection of other ocular anomalies in Rayagada District School Sight Program, Odisha, India.Methods: This multistage screening of students included as follows: stage I: screening for vision and other ocular anomalies by school teachers in the school; stage II: photorefraction, subjective correction and other ocular anomaly confirmation by optometrists in the school; stage III: comprehensive ophthalmologist examination in secondary eye center; and stage IV: pediatric ophthalmologist examination in tertiary eye center. …”
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Contemporary Universal Health Coverage in India – The Case of Federal State of Odisha (Orissa) by Sahoo PM, Rout HS, Jakovljevic M

“…Petersburg Polytechnic University, St Petersburg, Russia; 4Institute of Comparative Economic Studies, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan; 5Department of Global Health Economics and Policy, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, SerbiaCorrespondence: Pragyan Monalisa Sahoo, Department of Analytical & Applied Economics, Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751004, India, Tel +918895667710, Email monalisapragyan001@gmail.comPurpose: The present study assessed the awareness of the public about Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY), which is a flagship public-funded health insurance scheme of the Government of Odisha. The study also identified its determinants and examined utilisation of the scheme among households in Khordha district of Odisha.Materials and Methods: Primary data were collected from randomly chosen 150 households using a pretested structured questionnaire from Balipatana block of Khordha district, Odisha. …”
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Assessment of socio-behavioural correlates and risk perceptions regarding anthrax disease in tribal communities of Odisha, Eastern India by Matrujyoti Pattnaik, Jaya Singh Kshatri, Hari Ram Choudhary, Debaprasad Parai, Jyoti Shandilya, Asit Mansingh, Arun Kumar Padhi, Sanghamitra Pati, Debdutta Bhattacharya

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A systems approach to improving access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in schools in Odisha, India by Narendra Singh Chouhan, Monika Oledzka Nielsen, Pratibha Singh, Swathi Manchikanti, Vivek Pandey, Jeffrey P. Walters, Karishma Kadyan

“…In 2019, UNICEF in partnership with the Government of Odisha rolled out a systems approach to WASH for 58,000 schools to improve equitable access to safe WASH facilities in schools and to address any gaps that may exist. …”
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Suspected human anthrax outbreak investigation in a tribal village of Koraput, India, 2021 by Jyoti Shandilya, Debaprasad Parai, Hari Ram Choudhary, Jaya Singh Kshatri, Biren Kumar Padhy, Padma Mohan Pradhan, Deepika Saket, Annalisha Peter, Matrujyoti Pattnaik, Arun Kumar Padhi, Sanghamitra Pati, Debdutta Bhattacharya

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Effectiveness of community-based treatment programs for treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnourished children aged 6–59 months using locally produced nutrient dense foods:... by Praveen Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Abner Daniel, Hemang Shah, Raja Sriswan, Arun Kokane, Aditya Mohapatra, Vivek Kashyap, Anil Kumar Goel, Virendra Kumar, Asha Kiran, N. Arlappa, Ankur Joshi, Rashmi Ranjan Nayak, Manjula Singh, Mihretab Salasibew, Samik Ghosh, Sameer Manikrao Pawar, Preetu Mishra, Khyati Tiwari, Sourav Bhattacharjee, Farhat Saiyed, Tarun Shrikrishna Patel, Pritish Kumar Nayak, Sanjay Kumar Sahoo, Mahendra Prajapati, Shikha Sinha, Arjan de Wagt

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Decentralization as a Strategy to Scale Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration: An Indian Perspective on Institutional Challenges by Serene Ho, Pranab R. Choudhury, Nivedita Haran, Rebecca Leshinsky

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