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Rajib Dasgupta

Researcher at Jawaharlal Nehru University

Publications -  77
Citations -  941

Rajib Dasgupta is an academic researcher from Jawaharlal Nehru University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Population. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 71 publications receiving 745 citations. Previous affiliations of Rajib Dasgupta include Philippine Institute for Development Studies & University of Calcutta.

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Neurodevelopmental disorders in children aged 2-9 years: Population-based burden estimates across five regions in India.

Narendra K. Arora, +67 more
- 24 Jul 2018 - 
TL;DR: The pooled estimates for prevalence increased by up to three percentage points when these were adjusted for national rates of stunting or low birth weight (LBW) and all-site-pooled estimates for NDDs were 9.2% (95% CI 7.5–11.2) in children of 2–<6 and 6–9 year age categories, respectively.
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Deconstructing social resistance to pulse polio campaign in two North Indian districts.

TL;DR: While the programs focus was on microbiological issues, the obstacles to polio eradication lie in the endemicity of social resistance in some pockets, leading to clustering of perpetually unimmunized children - inspite of good coverage of SIAs at macro level.
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Determinants of utilization of services under MMJSSA scheme in Jharkhand 'Client Perspective': a qualitative study in a low performing state of India.

TL;DR: Community perspectives are focused on, for indentifying key areas that require improvement for proper implementation of the Mukhya Mantri Janani Shishu Swasthya Abhiyan (MMJSSA) in Jharkhand.
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Polio Eradication Initiative in India: Deconstructing the GPEI

TL;DR: The scientific and technical bodies spearheading the GPEI, including the WHO, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, have formulated a conceptually flawed strategy and it is not weak political will that is the central obstacle in this final push for global eradication.