National Geographic Society

COVID-19 lockdown and coverage of maternal health and nutrition care in rural West Bengal, India: a single interrupted time-series analysis

Abstract While COVID-19 lockdowns globally disrupted healthcare, the extent of changes in India’s maternal health and nutrition services coverage in rural settings requires further empirical investigation. Utilizing data from 57,371 pregnancies recorded between January 2012 and D...

Estimation and Bias Adjustment of Regional Mortality Rates with Incomplete Information—The Case of German Federal States

Reliable regional mortality rates are crucial for public health monitoring and planning. However, their estimation is often complicated by data limitations, with data being published only in broad age groups or affected by systematic errors. This is particularly relevant in inter...