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Nandita Saikia

Dr Nandita Saikia is a Professor in Public Health and Mortality Studies in International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai. nanditasaikia.com nanditasts(at)gmail.com Last updated - March 6, 2023
Health and mortality

Why and where are deaths under-reported in India?

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023 Krishna Kumar and Nandita Saikia
covid-19, India, Mortality

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of accurately counting deaths, classifying them by age, sex, place of residence and cause. Although formally mandatory since 1969, death registration … Read more

Gender issues

Counting excess under-5 female mortality in Indian districts

March 10, 2021November 5, 2018 Christophe Z Guilmoto and Nandita Saikia
Asia, Children, Gender issues, India, Mortality

Excess female mortality resulting from gender discrimination in the postnatal period was still common in India at the beginning of the century. Yet, little attention has been paid so far … Read more

Health and mortality

Neonatal mortality trend in Indian states, 1981-2011

March 4, 2021September 26, 2016 Nandita Saikia, Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Domantas Jasilionis and Chandra Sekhar
Asia, Children, India, Mortality

According to the most recent estimates, under-five mortality¹ in India is decreasing, but the annual number of under-five deaths is still as high as 1.2 million, the largest in the … Read more

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