Maternal and child health outcomes in India : where do we stand? -- Networks and information diffusion : evidence from NFHS -- Introducing the data : secondary and primary sources -- Health communication through NHGs : assessing the JEEViKA programme in Bihar -- Leveraging information diffusion...

The increasing graying of India’s population raises concerns about the welfare and health status of the aged. One important source of information of health status of the elderly is the National Sample Survey Rounds on Morbidity and Health Care Expenditure. Using unit level data for 1995-96 and...

Literature on family planning considers natural (also called traditional) contraceptives to be ‘ineffective’ because its users are not motivated to control their fertility. While this is true for initial stages of fertility transition, studies have reported that it is women belonging to...