Health and Sanitation Projects

Political Decentralization, Women’s Reservation and Child Health Outcomes: A Case Study of Rural Bihar

Project summary: This working paper studies how political decentralization and gender quotas in local governance affect maternal and child health in rural Bihar. Using multiple rounds of the District Level Household Survey (DLHS-1 and DLHS-3) for Bihar and the neighbouring…

Location: Rural districts of Bihar and Jharkhand, India (district-level coverage using DLHS data)

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Connectivity and Rural Development: Examining India’s Rural Road Construction Scheme

Santosh Kumar Gautam (Assistant Professor / Researcher from Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame ) , Monica Shandal (Researcher from UC Santa Cruz ) , and Ariel Zucker (Assistant Professor / Researcher from UC Santa Cruz )

Project summary: This project evaluates the short-run impacts of India’s Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), the world’s largest rural road construction programme, on economic, social, and institutional outcomes in rural Uttar Pradesh. Using a novel village-level survey of 267…

Location: 14 districts around Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (Bahraich, Barabanki, Faizabad, Farrukhabad, Gonda, Sultanpur, Hardoi, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, Rae Bareli, Shahjahanpur, Sitapur, Unnao)

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Spring Health Water – High Frequency Survey
Spring Health Water – High Frequency Survey

The purpose of this survey is to understand your household’s health and your water use practices. MORSEL Did Listing, Baseline, Midline, Endline and Follow Up Survey And Water Testing in Almost 2000 HH.

Location: Khurdha, Cuttack, Puri, Nayagarh, Ganjam And Jajapur In Odisha

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Understand the Drinking Water Status Of Rural Odisha
Understand the Drinking Water Status Of Rural Odisha

The objective of this activity is to conduct an study in Odisha to better understand the present status of drinking water in rural areas under single village piped water supply schemes. The exercise will encompass interviews, water quality tests, and…

Location: Rayagada and Kandhamal in Odisha

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Agricultural Practices and Flooding in Odisha” in Kendra pada and Jajapur District
Agricultural Practices and Flooding in Odisha” in Kendra pada and Jajapur District

This research study aims to collect information on the agricultural practices of farmers in Odisha. This Research will cover cropping, investment, and other farming practices. It will also cover the different schemes operating in the region and practices farmers have…

Location: Kendrapada & Jajapur Odisha

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Understand the Flooding effect and The Government Aids and Initiatives in Odisha
Understand the Flooding effect and The Government Aids and Initiatives in Odisha

This research study and survey on Flood affecting Odisha is being conducted to understand that the flood affecting and its perceptional measures and Government Schemes. MORSEL Collected Qualitative/FGD and KII Survey and did the transcription and analysis of the survey…

Location: Cuttack, Kendrapada and Jajapur

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Comparison of Venous and Capillary Blood Sample in Diagnosing Anemia in India.
Comparison of Venous and Capillary Blood Sample in Diagnosing Anemia in India.

This research project aims to compare two blood sampling methods—venous blood draw and capillary blood from finger pricks—to assess the accuracy of anemia diagnosis in India. The study will involve collecting and comparing hemoglobin levels using both methods to evaluate…

Location: Uttar Pradesh

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Impacts of Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution on Community Health in Punjab
Impacts of Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution on Community Health in Punjab

This project investigates the impacts of indoor and outdoor air pollution on community health in the Jalandhar and Phagwara blocks of Punjab. By combining quantitative surveys of 600 households with qualitative methods such as focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and…

Location: Punjab-Ludhiana

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Indiqol: A Longitudinal Study on Health and Well-being Impact of COVID-19 in India
Indiqol: A Longitudinal Study on Health and Well-being Impact of COVID-19 in India

Kompal Sinha (Associate Professor from Macquarie University )

The IndiQol Project is a research initiative aimed at understanding how Indians value different health statuses and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and well-being. It is being conducted by a research team led by Associate Professor Kompal…

Location: Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Rajasthan and Maharashtra

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Vulnerable Children of Maharashtra A Report on the Status of Children Orphaned by COVID – 19
Vulnerable Children of Maharashtra A Report on the Status of Children Orphaned by COVID – 19

Researchers contacted all CWCs (Child Welfare Committees) and DCPUs (District Child Protection Units) across all 36 districts of Maharashtra. However, not all CWC sand DCPUs agreed to be interviewed and the available percentage reflects the numbers that agreed to speak.…

Location: Maharashtra

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Social Accountability And Healthcare Delivery
Social Accountability And Healthcare Delivery

Manoj Mohanan (Associate Professor of Public Policy from Duke University ) , Vikram Rajan ( from World Bank ) , and Harsha Thirumurthy (Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy from UNC )

Social Accountability (SA) has received considerable global attention as a potential model to improve delivery of services and resulting population outcomes, particularly in health. SA encompasses a set of governance interventions aimed at increasing community participation and strengthening community members’…

Location: Sultanpur and Fatehpur

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COVID – 19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Women in Delhi
COVID – 19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Women in Delhi

The research organization chosen Delhi as the site of study. According to the data drawn from the Co Win portal, 954 women were vaccinated for every 1,000 men in India. The corresponding gender gap in vaccination rates among metro cities…

Location: Delhi

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