A Model of Care Optimized for Marginalized Remote Population Unravels Migration Pattern in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Access to basic health needs remains a challenge for most of world's population. In this study, we developed a care model for preventive and disease-specific health care for an extremely remote and marginalized population in Arunachal Pradesh, the northeasternmost state of India.

Approach and results

We performed patient screenings, performed interviews, and obtained blood samples in remote villages of Arunachal Pradesh through a tablet-based data collection application, which was later synced to a cloud database for storage. Positive cases of hepatitis B virus (HBV) were confirmed and genotyped in our central laboratory. The blood tests performed included liver function tests, HBV serologies, and HBV genotyping. HBV vaccination was provided as appropriat

SUBMITTER: Abutaleb A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7883670 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature