Issues on Health and Healthcare in India

Two-Level Logistic Regression Analysis of Factors Influencing Anemia among Non-Pregnant Women of Reproductive Age in Bangladesh.- Prevalence and Associated Determinants of Low Birth Weight in Developing Countries: A Multi-Country Analysis from Nationwide Population-Based Survey.- Incidence of Teenage Pregnancy and Challenges on Child Health: A Cross-section Study in India.- Determinants of Psychological Wellbeing and its Impact on Mental Health.- Maternal Anemia: A Village Level Empirical Observation in Assam.- Measuring the Status and Identifying the Factors Influencing Child Immunization in Darjeeling District of West Bengal.- Gender Inequality and Child Nutritional Status.- Health in North-Eastern States of India: An Analysis of Economic Vulnerabilities.- Association of Economic Inequality with Health Inequality: Women in North-East India.- Prevalence of Malaria and HbE in North-East India: Genetics and Health Implications.- Child Deprivation in Indian Context: Concern about Heath and Education Related Issues.- The Role of Government Expenditure in the Healthcare System of Assam: An Overview.- Assessing burden of Infant Mortality on Socio-economic Classes in North-Eastern India.- A Predictive Approach to Study on Trends and Prospects of Fertility in India.- Prevalence of Child Undernutrition in India: Estimating Extent of Deficits Using Distributions of Nutritional Outcomes.- Health Expenditures across Major States of India: Issues of Convergence and Equality.- Health and Deprivation: A Suggested Application to the North-Eastern States of India.- Inequality in Child Mortality in the North-Eastern States of India.- The Determinants Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Expenditure in Bangladesh: Evidence from Household Income and Expenditure Survey-2010.- Access to Life Saving Medicines and Healthcare: A Case Study of Aurangabad District of Bihar.- Deprivation of Women in North-East India: An Exploratory Study.- Meteorological Conditions and Malaria cases, Study in Context

Utpal Kumar De is currently a Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of Economics at the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. Prof. De has been engaged in teaching at the postgraduate level since 1994. His research interests include agricultural economics and rural development, issues concerning environmental and natural resources, climate change adaptation, and empowerment of women. Prof. De has visited Europe and Asia in connection with research and delivered keynote and invited lectures at a number of conferences. Besides presenting over 60 research papers at various international and national conferences, he has published seven volumes, completed a number of research projects and published over 75 research articles in reputed national and international journals. He is listed in the Who's Who in the World 2013 Pearl Anniversary Edition, inclusion in which is limited to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in their own fields of endeavor and who have, thereby, contributed significantly to the betterment of contemporary society. Manoranjan Pal is currently a Professor at the Economic Research Unit (ERU) of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata. At the institute, besides teaching graduate and postgraduate courses, he is also engaged in carrying out projects of the Government of India and other organizations, while also guiding doctoral students. He was the Head of the ERU and Professor-In-Charge of the ISI's Social Sciences Division (SSD). He worked as Member Secretary, Board of Directors, International Statistical Education Centre (ISEC), Kolkata, for more than 10 years starting from February 1999. Prof. Pal has held the post of a Visiting Professor at many international institutions. He has published more than 100 papers in reputed national and international journals and books. His research interests include the measurement of poverty, inequality and segregation, applied econometrics, andhealth and