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Indu B. Ahluwalia
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 106
Citations - 5398
Indu B. Ahluwalia is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 102 publications receiving 4969 citations.
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CDC report regarding selected public health topics affecting women's health
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Disparities in Infectious Diseases among Women in Developing Countries1
TL;DR: Poverty, poor education, low health knowledge, poor health care, poor infrastructure, geographic factors, life style, and environmental factors have been identified as primary factors contributing to the high incidence of infectious diseases among women in developing countries.
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Community empowerment: CDC collaboration with the CARE Community-Based Reproductive Health Project in two districts in Tanzania. Observations from the CDC.
TL;DR: The collaborative efforts among the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) to help minimize the high maternal mortality rate in Tanzania are discussed.
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Combating the tobacco epidemic in North America: challenges and opportunities.
TL;DR: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Region of the Americas (RoA) has the second lowest tobacco use prevalence of any WHO region as mentioned in this paper, however, there are approximately 127 million persons who report smoking tobacco in the Americas Region, a majority of whom reside in North America.
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Intimate Partner Violence around the Time of Pregnancy and Postpartum Contraceptive Use.
TL;DR: The higher proportion of contraception nonuse among women who reported physical IPV indicates a potential unmet need for contraception among this vulnerable population of women.