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COVID MORTALITY IN INDIA: NATIONAL SURVEY DATA AND HEALTH FACILITY DEATHS
— January 12, 2022India’s national COVID death totals remain undetermined. Using an independent nationally representative survey of 0.14 million (M) adults, we compared COVID mortality during the 2020 and 2021 viral waves to expected all-cause mortality. COVID constituted 29% (95%CI 28-31%) of deaths from June 2020-July 2021, corresponding to 3.2M (3.1-3.4) deaths, of which 2.7M (2.6-2.9) occurred in [...]
TRENDS IN MATERNAL MORTALITY IN INDIA OVER TWO DECADES IN NATIONALLY-REPRESENTATIVE SURVEYS
— October 5, 2021Trends in maternal mortality in India over two decades in nationally-representative surveys We analyzed trends in the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) from 1997 through 2020, estimated absolute maternal deaths and examined the causes of maternal death using nationally representative data sources. We estimated that 1.3 million Indian women died from maternal causes over the [...]
Missing Girls in India (English)
— April 12, 2021Video news release for a recent study that found up to 13.5M missing girls in India over 3 decades as a result of selective abortion.
Trends in mortality among children aged 5-14 years
— March 12, 2019This is the video press release for The Lancet paper titled “Trends in cause-specific mortality among children aged 5-14 years from 2005 to 2016 in India, China, Brazil, and Mexico: an analysis of nationally representative mortality studies.” For more go here
Changes in Child Causes of Death in India from 2000 – 2015
— September 19, 2017Video news release for a CGHR study finding that India has avoided about 1 million deaths of children under age five since 2005 but there is still more to be done.
Statistical Alliance for Vital Events (SAVE)
— October 5, 2016What is Statistical Alliance for Vital Events (SAVE)
Global Effects of Smoking, of Quitting, and of Taxing Tobacco
— January 1, 2014An examination of 21st century projections for tobacco mortality, the health gains from quitting early, and the benefits of taxing tobacco.
TEDx: Death 101
— September 17, 2013Prof Prabhat Jha speaks at the TEDxYouth event at University of Toronto Schools about the importance of counting the dead, and the causes they die from.
Cancer Deaths in India (English)
— April 20, 2012Video news release of a recent study showing that cancer accounts for nearly 600 000 deaths each year in India, many of which are avoidable.
Missing Girls in India (Hindi)
— May 24, 2011Video news release explaining the results of a recent study finding up to 12M missing girls in India as a result of selective abortion.
Malaria Deaths in India (English)
— October 21, 2010Video news release for controversial study results indicating that malaria deaths have been vastly underestimated in India.
Malaria Deaths in India (Hindi)
— October 21, 2010Video news release for controversial study results indicating that malaria deaths have been vastly underestimated in India.
Smoking Deaths in India (English)
— February 13, 2008Video news release for a CGHR study finding nearly one million annual deaths from smoking in India by 2010.