This volume offers a critical and interdisciplinary analysis of India’s tuberculosis (TB) elimination efforts, examining public health policies, institutional frameworks, and community-based interventions. It highlights both the achievements and the persistent structural and systemic challenges-such as stigma, exclusion, and governance gaps that shape the country’s response to TB.Drawing on original research, fieldwork, and policy analysis by leading academicians and practitioners, the book presents grounded case studies and comparative global frameworks. Each chapter concludes with actionable models and policy recommendations, making this volume a practical resource for programmatic reform in resource-constrained settings.Bridging education, management, public policy, and development studies, the book reorients the TB discourse toward equity, community resilience, and inclusive governance. It offers replicable strategies and scalable innovations relevant not only to India but also to other high-burden regions across the Global South.It is an essential resource for public health professionals, policymakers, TB program managers, development agencies, and researchers working on infectious disease control and health system strengthening.

The volume canvases women’s health and rights by highlighting impacts of migration, intersectionality, structural barriers, and emerging digital world. The book offers data-driven insights, policy recommendations, and innovative strategies to achieve sustainable women health. Designing three parts, the book begins with migration, marginalization, and women’s Health. The second part, Adolescent, Reproductive, and Maternal Health, highlights tribes and undernutrition, maternal healthcare disparity, menstrual justice, abortion complications and rights. The final part discourses the women’s mental health, antimicrobial resistance, and cybercrime vulnerability. This book is an essential resource for researchers, policymakers, and healthcare professionals, bridging empirical research with policy-oriented discourse to foster equitable and sustainable healthcare solutions for women across South Asia.

The book offers a comprehensive view to understanding the complex and multifaceted world of women's health in South Asia, aligning closely with Sustainable Development Goals-3 (SDGs-3) on “good health and well-being”. It examines the critical aspects, such as maternal and newborn health, healthcare choice and utilization. It includes perspectives on environmental, socio-cultural, and individual-level behavioral aspects of women's health outcomes. Furthermore, it highlights present-day women’s health issues with the light of COVID-19 pandemics, refugeehood and mind-psychiatric epidemics. It contextualizes the women’s health rights and development landscape with evaluating existing policies, programs, and potential gaps affecting women's health and well-being. Employing advanced geospatial techniques, including spatial modelling and quantitative approaches, the book offers multidimensional insights into women's health, shaping dialogue around health programs and policies. It is a rich source for academics, researchers, graduate students and health professionals in the fields of women’s health development.

The book “Psychological Interventions in Child Mental Health” distils the clinical practice of the editors into an actionable blueprint for readers worldwide engaged in their therapeutic work with children and adolescents. It is an essential read for anyone entering or navigating this specialized field of real world therapy techniques in child mental health.This edited volume brings together practical, evidence-based, non-pharmacological therapies for children and adolescents—particularly in the context of the Indian subcontinent. With medications often offering limited benefits in treating childhood disorders, this book emphasizes psychological approaches as the foundation of effective care.It is authored by leading Child Mental Health experts and academicians from across India; thereby bridging the gap between theory and experiential research. The book offers hands-on, culturally informed techniques derived from decades of clinical experience. The chapters cover a wide range of conditions (including ADHD, autism, SLD, depression, internet gaming disorders, and self-harm) presenting culturally relevant interventions supported by real-world applications.It serves as a valuable resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, paediatricians, social workers, counsellors, nurses, teachers, and parents seeking effective, therapy-based solutions for mental health challenges faced by children and adolescents.

This book provides an in-depth exploration of the challenges and diversity inherent in the ageing process in India. It offers valuable insights into various aspects of growing old, covering a spectrum of issues influenced by socioeconomic inequalities and diversities that shape the lives of older adults. Despite existing research on aging, there's often a tendency to overlook the diverse experiences within the older population, a gap this book aims to bridge.The chapters of the book, are written by practitioners and academicians, sharing their insights on the issue. The book adopts a multidisciplinary approach, drawing on contributions from a diverse array of experts to comprehensively address the myriad issues affecting late adulthood. From mental health and nutrition to gender dynamics, income security, elder abuse, and intergenerational concerns, each topic is explored. A central theme of the book is the importance of recognizing and addressing the unique challenges faced by different groups within the elderly population. . By synthesizing insights from different fields, the book offers a comprehensive examination of the challenges encountered by older adults across multiple dimensions of their lives. This interdisciplinary perspective enriches the discourse on ageing and provides practical insights for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and anyone interested in advocating for the well-being of ageing populations.

This volume offers a critical and interdisciplinary analysis of India’s tuberculosis (TB) elimination efforts, examining public health policies, institutional frameworks, and community-based interventions. It highlights both the achievements and the persistent structural and systemic challenges-such as stigma, exclusion, and governance gaps that shape the country’s response to TB.Drawing on original research, fieldwork, and policy analysis by leading academicians and practitioners, the book presents grounded case studies and comparative global frameworks. Each chapter concludes with actionable models and policy recommendations, making this volume a practical resource for programmatic reform in resource-constrained settings.Bridging education, management, public policy, and development studies, the book reorients the TB discourse toward equity, community resilience, and inclusive governance. It offers replicable strategies and scalable innovations relevant not only to India but also to other high-burden regions across the Global South.It is an essential resource for public health professionals, policymakers, TB program managers, development agencies, and researchers working on infectious disease control and health system strengthening.

The volume canvases women’s health and rights by highlighting impacts of migration, intersectionality, structural barriers, and emerging digital world. The book offers data-driven insights, policy recommendations, and innovative strategies to achieve sustainable women health. Designing three parts, the book begins with migration, marginalization, and women’s Health. The second part, Adolescent, Reproductive, and Maternal Health, highlights tribes and undernutrition, maternal healthcare disparity, menstrual justice, abortion complications and rights. The final part discourses the women’s mental health, antimicrobial resistance, and cybercrime vulnerability. This book is an essential resource for researchers, policymakers, and healthcare professionals, bridging empirical research with policy-oriented discourse to foster equitable and sustainable healthcare solutions for women across South Asia.

The book offers a comprehensive view to understanding the complex and multifaceted world of women's health in South Asia, aligning closely with Sustainable Development Goals-3 (SDGs-3) on “good health and well-being”. It examines the critical aspects, such as maternal and newborn health, healthcare choice and utilization. It includes perspectives on environmental, socio-cultural, and individual-level behavioral aspects of women's health outcomes. Furthermore, it highlights present-day women’s health issues with the light of COVID-19 pandemics, refugeehood and mind-psychiatric epidemics. It contextualizes the women’s health rights and development landscape with evaluating existing policies, programs, and potential gaps affecting women's health and well-being. Employing advanced geospatial techniques, including spatial modelling and quantitative approaches, the book offers multidimensional insights into women's health, shaping dialogue around health programs and policies. It is a rich source for academics, researchers, graduate students and health professionals in the fields of women’s health development.

The book “Psychological Interventions in Child Mental Health” distils the clinical practice of the editors into an actionable blueprint for readers worldwide engaged in their therapeutic work with children and adolescents. It is an essential read for anyone entering or navigating this specialized field of real world therapy techniques in child mental health.This edited volume brings together practical, evidence-based, non-pharmacological therapies for children and adolescents—particularly in the context of the Indian subcontinent. With medications often offering limited benefits in treating childhood disorders, this book emphasizes psychological approaches as the foundation of effective care.It is authored by leading Child Mental Health experts and academicians from across India; thereby bridging the gap between theory and experiential research. The book offers hands-on, culturally informed techniques derived from decades of clinical experience. The chapters cover a wide range of conditions (including ADHD, autism, SLD, depression, internet gaming disorders, and self-harm) presenting culturally relevant interventions supported by real-world applications.It serves as a valuable resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, paediatricians, social workers, counsellors, nurses, teachers, and parents seeking effective, therapy-based solutions for mental health challenges faced by children and adolescents.

This book provides an in-depth exploration of the challenges and diversity inherent in the ageing process in India. It offers valuable insights into various aspects of growing old, covering a spectrum of issues influenced by socioeconomic inequalities and diversities that shape the lives of older adults. Despite existing research on aging, there's often a tendency to overlook the diverse experiences within the older population, a gap this book aims to bridge.The chapters of the book, are written by practitioners and academicians, sharing their insights on the issue. The book adopts a multidisciplinary approach, drawing on contributions from a diverse array of experts to comprehensively address the myriad issues affecting late adulthood. From mental health and nutrition to gender dynamics, income security, elder abuse, and intergenerational concerns, each topic is explored. A central theme of the book is the importance of recognizing and addressing the unique challenges faced by different groups within the elderly population. . By synthesizing insights from different fields, the book offers a comprehensive examination of the challenges encountered by older adults across multiple dimensions of their lives. This interdisciplinary perspective enriches the discourse on ageing and provides practical insights for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and anyone interested in advocating for the well-being of ageing populations.