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    Feasibility assessment of crowdsourcing slogans for promoting household waste segregation in India: a cross-sectional study
    (Frontiers in Public Health, 2023) Kavya Krishnan; Krushna Chandra Sahoo; Madhanraj Kalyanasundaram; Surya Singh; Asha Srinivas; Ashish Pathak; Cecilia Stalsby Lundborg; Salla Atkins; Kamran Rousta; Vishal Diwan
    IntroductionCrowdsourcing is an emerging technique to engage or access a wider set of experts and multiple stakeholders through online platforms, which might effectively be employed in waste management. Therefore, we assessed the feasibility of the crowdsourcing method to provide an alternative approach that can improve household waste segregation using an online-slogan-contest.MethodsThe contest was promoted via targeted emails to various governmental and non-governmental organizations and through social media platforms for around 4 weeks (25 days). The entries were received through a Google form. The slogans were assessed by the experts and analyzed using content analysis methods.ResultsTotal 969 entries were received from different geographic regions in India. Of that, 456 were in English and 513 in Hindi. Five themes of waste segregation emerged from the received slogans: (1) Community awareness, responsibility, and support, (2) Significance of household waste segregation, (3) Use of separate dustbins, (4) Health and well-being, and (5) Environment and sustainability.DiscussionCrowdsourcing approaches can be used by local authorities for improving waste management approaches and are recommended as these involve a wider audience within a short time frame. Moreover, this approach is flexible and integrating crowdsourcing approaches strengthens our understanding of existing waste management activities.
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    Health insurance and child mortality: Evidence from India
    (Health Economics, 2024) Anaka Aiyar; Naveen Sunder
    Although less than a third of the population in developing countries is covered by health insurance, the number has been on the rise. Many countries have implemented national insurance policies in the past decade. However, there is limited evidence on their impact on child mortality in low? and middle?income contexts.
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    A scalable health system model to achieve high coverage and quality of Kangaroo mother care in Uttar Pradesh, India
    (Acta Paediatr., 2023) Aarti Kumar; Madhuri Tiwari; Raghav Krishna; Pramod Kumar Singh; Arti Sahu; Vivek Singh; Aman Mishra; Pankaj Kumar; Alok Kumar; Gary L. Darmstadt; Vishwajeet Kumar
    Aim To design a health system model for scaling-up Kangaroo mother care (KMC) and assess its impact on the population-level coverage and quality of KMC in Uttar Pradesh, India. Methods We co-developed the model with mothers and health system stakeholders using human-centred design over multiple cycles of implementation, learning and data-driven refinement. Infants with birthweight High delivery load facilities were equipped with a KMC Lounge to ensure comfort, respectful care of mothers and high-quality KMC over prolonged periods. Systems to ensure weighing at birth, referral of infants with birthweight <2000 g to KMC facilities, initiation of KMC for all stable low birthweight infants, improving quality of care within KMC facilities and supporting families to continue KMC at home post discharge, were integrated into existing services. KMC was initiated in 93.3% of eligible infants with effective coverage of 52.7% and 64.8% at discharge and 7 days post discharge, respectively. Conclusion The model addressed critical barriers to KMC implementation and adoption, contributing to its scale-up across the state.