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
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
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
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