Indoor heat conditions measured in urban slum and rural village housing in West Bengal, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 107567
Author(s):  
Barun Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Charles A. Weitz ◽  
Ketaki Das
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Rural Village

scholarly journals Growth pattern of preterm and IUGR babies in an urban slum of Kolkata, west Bengal, India

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
B Paul ◽  
I Saha ◽  
A Mukherjee ◽  
S Roy ◽  
R Biswas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Pattern ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Urban Slum

scholarly journals Umbilical Myiasis in a Newborn: a case report

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 42-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
PK Dey ◽  
T Bhattacharya ◽  
SN Pal ◽  
S Das ◽  
S Pal
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Rare Condition ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Wild Animal ◽  
Mammalian Tissue ◽  
Slum Area ◽  
Medical Sciences

Myiasis is an infection of live mammalian tissue by the larval forms of dipteran flies, usually infects domestic and wild animal but human may be affected sometimes. Although adult cases have been reported, neonatal myiasis is a rare condition. Umbilical myiasis is very rare in newborns with few reported cases in the literature. In this article we are reporting an eight day old female neonate from urban slum area in West Bengal (India) presented with umbilical myiasis and omphalitis. She was infected with Chrysomya spp. larvae, was clinically well. Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal, 2012, Vol-8, No-4, 42-45 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmsn.v8i4.8700  

scholarly journals Determinants of contraceptive practices among eligible couples of Urban Slum in Bankura District, West Bengal

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gautam Sarker ◽  
Avisek Gupta ◽  
TapasKumar Roy ◽  
Bratati Banerjee ◽  
Somenath Ghosh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Bankura District

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON SERO PREVALENCE OF LEPTOSPIRA –IGM AMONG CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS AND A COMMUNITY WHERE IDEAL ENVIRONMENT FOR LEPTOSPIROSIS OCCUR : A STUDY IN A MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-50
Author(s):  
Swagnik Roy ◽  
Bibhas SahaDalal ◽  
Rajat Dasgupta ◽  
Sourabh Mitra ◽  
Amrita Roy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Contaminated Water ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Average Rainfall ◽  
Indirect Exposure ◽  
Water Sports ◽  
Water Holding

Leptospirosis is a potentially fatal zoonosis that is mostly occurs in heavy rainfall, ooded and poor sanitisation areas . In west Bengal specially in Kolkata, there is high average rainfall with water holding capacity of soil [9]. As rodents like rats ,livestock and pets are reservoir for leptospires, their urine containing leptospires can contaminate the water by which humans get infected either by direct or indirect exposure to this contaminated water. Rats are main hosts of serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae, cattle of Hardjo and Pomona, pigs of Pomona or Tarrossovi, and dogs of Canicola[10]. On the other hand people living in urban slum encirclement with inadequate sanitation are at high risk of rat exposure and leptospiros is .Farmers , Sewage workers , Miners , Veterinarians and individuals who are involved in Water sports, Gardening, Ecotourism are at high risk for leptospirosis [11,33,61]. These occupations involve activities likely to result in exposure of wounds, cuts and to soil and water contaminated with the urine containing leptospire of rodents and animals from which workers get infected .All these above points are crucial reasons for the cases of leptospirosis in Kolkata.

Arsenic Speciation in Food and Estimation of the Dietary Intake of Inorganic Arsenic in a Rural Village of West Bengal, India

2008 ◽  
Vol 56 (20) ◽  
pp. 9469-9474 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Signes-Pastor ◽  
K. Mitra ◽  
S. Sarkhel ◽  
M. Hobbes ◽  
F. Burló ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Intake ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Arsenic Speciation ◽  
Inorganic Arsenic ◽  
Rural Village

Saving through the Mobile

2010 ◽  
pp. 148-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Morawczynski
Keyword(s):  
Urban Slum ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mobile Money ◽  
Rural Village ◽  
Resource Poor ◽  
Money Transfers

This chapter will explain how M-PESA, an application that was designed for money transfers, is being used for savings in Kenya. It uses data from a collection of financial diaries to make its arguments. These diaries captured the savings practices of fourteen M-PESA users for a period of one month. They were part of a fourteen month ethnographic study that examined the adoption, usage and impact of M-PESA in two locations: an urban slum and a rural village. The study reveals that informants held a portfolio of savings mechanisms. M-PESA was used in conjunction with the other mechanisms and held a vital place in the portfolio—somewhere between the bank and home bank. The chapter will also use the empirical findings to suggest how mobile money applications can be designed to better suit the unique savings needs of the resource poor. In particular, it will suggest that M-PESA can be much more than just a mechanism in the savings portfolio. Rather, it can act as the platform on which the entire portfolio resides.

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