The volume presents some of the papers presented at the 29th annual Conference of Indian Association for the Study of Population held in 2012. The papers focus on themes such as fertility transition and public health challenges in low and high fertility states of India, reproductive and sexual health including maternal health care and HIV/AIDS. With specific reference to Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Orissa, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, they discuss nutrition and child health particularly knowledge and awareness about newborn care practices, breastfeeding practices, nutritional disadvantage and reducing child mortality especially among tribals and disadvantaged groups. They view human vulnerability, in particular, risk of epidemics hazards, at community and household levels. They examine the present scenario and link them with policy and programme implications.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ulimiri V Somayajulu
U.V. Somayajulu is Vice-President and Head of Social Research with TNS India, New Delhi. Before joining TNS Mode, he was Research Executive, Operations Research Group, Baroda. He holds M.Sc. in Statistics, M.A. in Sociology, M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Population Studies. His areas of specialization include population and development, health, nutrition, family planning, reproductive and child health, women and child development, STIs and HIV/AIDS. He has published several research papers and presented many papers at national and international seminars and conferences. He has also conducted many research projects and is author of 65 reports of research studies carried out for international agencies such as USAID, UNFPA, UNICEF, DFID, FHI, World Bank, ILO, Action Aid and several departments of the Indian Government as well as state governments.
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