Browsing Duke Faculty Scholarship by Author "Mahajan, Aprajit"

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Child Nutrition in India in the Nineties

Tarozzi, Alessandro; Mahajan, Aprajit (Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007)

India experienced several years of fast economic growth during the 1990s, and according to many observers this period also saw a considerable decline in poverty, especially in urban areas. We use data from two rounds of ...
Commitment Mechanisms and Compliance with Health-protecting Behavior: Preliminary Evidence from Orissa (India)

Tarozzi, Alessandro; Mahajan, Aprajit; Yoong, Joanne; Blackburn, Brian (American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2008)

In this paper, we present results which are part of larger study carried out in five districts of the eastern Indian state of Orissa, where endemic malaria represents one of the most serious public health concerns. One of ...
High prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti infection as detected by immunochromatographic card testing in five districts of Orissa, India, previously considered to be non-endemic

Foo, Patricia; Tarozzi, Alessandro; Mahajan, Aprajit; Yoong, Joanne; Krishnan, Lakshmi; Kopfe, Daniel; Blackburn, Brian (Elsevier, 2011-02)

India accounts for over one-third of the world's burden of lymphatic filariasis (LF). Although most coastal districts of Orissa state (eastern India) are LF-endemic, the western districts of Orissa are considered non-endemic. ...