Environment and Health in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh

This engaging book presents an insightful look into the contributing factors which have shaped the modern public health system in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. This book will be useful for students, researchers and teachers of physical geography, human geography, environmental studies, public health, and health sciences.

Prof. Rais Akhtar has taught at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; the University of Zambia, Lusaka; and the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. He is the first geographer who published his research in medical geography and climate change and health in national and international journals, including the prestigious medical journal The Lancet. He has published to his credit more than 100 research papers and 21 books in India and abroad, including Greenwood Press, New York; Harwood Academic publisher, London; and Springer. His books include Health and Disease in Tropical Africa: Medical and Geographical Viewpoints (London, 1987), Health Care Patterns and Planning in Developing Countries (1990), Malaria in South Asia (2010), Climate Change and Human Health Scenario in South and Southeast Asia (2016), Climate Change and Air Pollution (2018), Extreme Weather Events and Human Health (2020), Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreaks, Environment and Human Behaviour (2021) and Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreaks, Vaccination, Politics and Society: The Continuing Challenge (2022). Prof. Rais Akhtar is the recipient of a number of international fellowships including Leverhulme Overseas Visiting Fellow (University of Liverpool); Henry Chapman Fellow, University of London; Commonwealth Secretariat Fellowship, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London; Visiting Fellow, University of Sussex and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Royal Society Short Visiting Fellowship, University of Oxford; Visiting Professor, University of Paris, Nanterre, Paris-10; Visiting Fellowship, Free University of Brussels, Belgium; French Government Visiting Fellowship and MSH Visiting Fellow, Paris; Visiting Fellow, Welcome Trust, London; and Visiting Lecturer, University of Akron, USA.

List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Foreword Preface Acknowledgements 1 Environment and Health in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh: Historical and Contemporary Scenario RAIS AKHTAR 2 Environment and Cholera in Kashmir during 19th Century RAIS AKHTAR 3 Dr Henry Cayley's Pioneering Medical Work in Ladakh JOHN BRAY 4 Arthur Neve (1859-1919) and a Mission Hospital in Srinagar, Kashmir RAIS AKHTAR 5 Kangri: Environment, Culture, Economics and Convenience in the Valley of Kashmir RAIS AKHTAR 6 Environment and Health in Kashmir during 19th Century RAIS AKHTAR 7 Changing Diseases Ecology of Leh District: Contemporary Scenario and Historical Perspective RAIS AKHTAR 8 Traditional Medical Therapy in Rural Ladakh - A Regional Analysis G. M. RATHER 9 Environmental Compulsions of Pesticide Application in Kashmir and its Impacts on Orchardists ISHTIAQ AHMAD MAYER, BASHIR A. LONE, MANZOOR A. WANI AND SHERAZ A. LONE 10 Urbanization and Quality of Human Health in Srinagar City, Jammu and Kashmir ARSHAD AHMAD LONE, G. M. RATHER AND M. SULTAN BHAT 11 IDD (Iodine Deficiency Disorders) Scenario in Jammu Province of J&K, India RAJIV KUMAR GUPTA AND SUNIL K RAINA 12 Extension of Vector-Borne Diseases into J&K State of India SUNIL KUMAR RAINA AND RAJIV KUMAR GUPTA 13 Extreme Weather Events: Floods and Disease Risks in Kashmir (Jammu & Kashmir). A Case Study of Srinagar Floods BUPINDER ZUTSHI 14 Perception of Urban Health Hazards in Srinagar, India RAIS AKHTAR 15 Health Care Behaviour in Western Himalayas: A Case Study of Udhampur Forest Villagers in Jammu and Kashmir ANURADHA SHARMA, SANDEEP SINGH, AND DAVINDER SINGH 16 Health-seeking Behaviour among the Hanjis of Dal Lake, Kashmir, India MUSHTAQ A. KUMAR, SHAZIA MEHRAJ AND DR. G.M. RATHER 17 Spatial Disease Pattern and its Correspondence with Geographical Factors of Jammu Region, J&K India SUBHASH CHANDER SHARMA 18 Food Insecurity in Rural Areas of Bandipore District, Jummu & Kashmir, India RAIS AKHTAR 19 Coronavirus Outbreaks in Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh RAIS AKHTAR AND ARSHAD AHMAD LONE 20 Levels of Malnutrition by Altitude Based on Body Mass Index (BMI) among School Children (14-18 years) in Gujjar Community of Greater Kashmir Himalayas G. M. RATHER 21 Comparative Profile of COVID-19 Mortality in Jammu versus Kashmir Provinces in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir RAJIV K GUPTA, SHASHI SUDHAN SHARMA, RICHA MAHAJAN AND TALAT JABEEN 22 Mental Health Assessment of Recovered COVID-19 Patients: A Case Study of Srinagar City AISHA DEV, M. IMRAN GANAIE, AABIDA, AFSHAN NABI AND ISHTIAQ A. MAYER 23 Conclusion and Suggestions RAIS AKHTAR