Journal of Tropical Diseases & Public Health

Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Biography

Niranjan Singh Rathor is a researcher at Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He is a P.Hd. student at JNU and his research interest lies in the field of tropical diseases.

Publications

• Research   
  Malaria as a public health problem and SWOT analysis of program approach-A Case Study from Baran District Rajasthan
  Author(s): Niranjan Singh Rathor*
  
  Objective: To describe the magnitude of Malaria as public health problem in a backward district in Rajasthan and highlight the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of interventions followed by district health authorities. Findings: Malaria is a significant problem of public level in Baran district as evident with the reported morbidity and mortality data in district HMIS Reports. The various associated factors exaggerate the problem in District. The existing program has certain strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Conclusion: Perception of Malaria as mere medical problem leads to adopt and over relying on technical fixes. The social, economic, political, cultural and ecological inter-linkages of Public Health with epidemiological lens help to understand the problem with public health approach. The existing approach needs strengthening with .. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2329-891X.21.9.264

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