Pintu Paul

TL;DR: This study suggests targeted interventions to create a positive space for study among students from the vulnerable section of society and strategies are urgently needed to build a resilient education system in the state.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the effects of girls' educational attainment and household poverty on the prevalence of female child marriage at the district-level in India and found that higher secondary and higher level of education significantly reduced the probability of child marriage.

TL;DR: The results of this study revealed that women who married at <18 years were significantly less likely to use maternal health care services than those married at ≥18 years even after accounting for socio-economic and demographic characteristics of women.

TL;DR: It is found that socio-demographic factors play a significant role in determining utilization of maternal health care services in India and policymaker and programme administrators should address socio-economic and demographic vulnerabilities of women to improve the use of maternalhealth care services, which eventually could reduce the risk of maternal morbidity and mortality.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a Bayesian hierarchical cause of death ensemble model (CODEm) platform to assess the levels and trends of the global burden of tuberculosis, with an emphasis on investigating differences in sex by HIV status for 204 countries and territories.