The Hindu Editorial (Making disability count) – Jul 03, 2023

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The Hindu Editorial (Making disability count) – Jul 03, 2023:

make something count (phrase) – to make sure that something (e.g. an activity) has the most useful/successful outcome possible.
National Family Health Survey (NFHS) (noun) – a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India. Three rounds of the survey have been conducted since the first survey in 1992-93. The survey provides state and national information for India on fertility, infant and child mortality, the practice of family planning, maternal and child health, reproductive health, nutrition, anemia, utilization and quality of health and family planning services.
yield (verb) – give, provide, produce generate, contribute, bring in produce or generate (a result/gain).
robust (adjective) – strong, powerful.
National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) (noun) – The 2023-24 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6), the sixth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health, and nutrition for India and each state and union territory. Like NFHS-4, NFHS-5,NFHS-6 also provides district-level estimates for many important indicators. All five NFHS surveys have been conducted under the stewardship of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India.
serve (well) (verb) – be useful or beneficial to.
influence (verb) – have an effect on, guide, regulate, determine.
construct (noun) – idea or theory.
thereon (adverb) – on or upon the thing that has been mentioned.
non-contestable (adjective) – incontestable, indisputable, undeniable, unquestionable, undebatable.
take stock of (phrase) – review, assess, evaluate.
periodic (adjective) – regular, frequent, repeated, cyclical, sporadic, recurrent.
welfare (noun) – social security, government/state benefit, public assistance.
context (noun) – background, backdrop, conditions, circumstances, situations.
drop (verb) – abandon, cancel, give up, discontinue.
-specific (suffix) – relating uniquely to a particular thing.
churlish (adjective) – ill-mannered, discourteous, inconsiderate, ignorant.
send out (phrasal verb) – give out, produce something.
campaign (verb) – make an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making progress within a specific group; speak for, work, push, strive.
activist (noun) – a person who supports a political change or cause; (or societal change/cause).
rejoice (verb) – be happy, be pleased, be glad, be delighted.
National Family Health Survey 2019-20 (NFHS-5) (noun) – the fifth in the NFHS series, NFHS-5 conducted in 2019-20, provides information on population, health, and nutrition for India and each state and union territory. All five NFHS surveys have been conducted under the stewardship of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India.
build upon (phrasal verb) – develop, enhance, expand on.
subsequent (adjective) – consecutive, following, successive, ensuing.
reluctance (noun) – unwillingness, disinclination, hesitation.
map (verb) – record in detail; trace out, survey.
minutiae (noun) – details, niceties/finer points, particulars.
census (noun) – an official survey, particularly of a population.
Sample Registration Survey (noun) – it is a large-scale demographic survey for providing reliable annual estimates of Infant mortality rate, birth rate, death rate and other fertility & mortality indicators at the national and sub-national levels.
tabulate (verb) – arrange, order, organize, classify.
in the public domain/realm (phrase) – if something (e.g. information) is in the public domain, people generally know about it since it is no secret.
erroneous (adjective) – inaccurate, incorrect, imprecise, fallacious, wrong, defective.
supposition (noun) – idea, belief, feeling, assumption.
gross (adjective) – total, whole, complete.
marginally (adverb) – slightly, somewhat, to some degree.
substantial (adjective) – significant, sizeable, considerable, fairly large.
given (preposition) – considering, taking into account, bearing in mind.
household (noun) – family, house.
rely on (phrasal verb) – depend on; resort to, have recourse to.
representative (adjective) – prototypical, characteristic, illustrative, indicative.
elaborate (adjective) – complicated, detailed, intricate, complex.
specifics (noun) – (precise) details, niceties, subtleties, (finer) points, particulars.
hitherto (adverb) – previously, earlier, so far/thus far, until now.
conspicuous (adjective) – clear, obvious, noticeable, observable, visible.
mark (verb) – indicate, signify, represent, denote.
prevalence (noun) – it refers to the number of cases of a disease that are present in a particular population at a given time.
incidence (noun) – it refers to the number of new cases that develop in a given period of time.
caregiver (noun) – nurse, attendant.
accessibility (noun) – availability, obtainability, convenience, ease of access (for people who have a disability).
comprehensive (adjective) – broad-based, widespread, wide-ranging.
nutrition (noun) – the process in which necessary food is received/obtained by the living things to grow and be healthy.
contraception (noun) – artificial methods which are used to prevent pregnancy; birth control.
amenity (noun) – facility, service, utility.
possession (noun) – asset, property, belongings, things.
sole (adjective) – only.
result in (phrasal verb) – cause, lead to, bring on, bring about.
employ (verb) – use, utilize, make use of.
justify (verb) – confirm, defend, uphold, validate, vindicate, warrant.
keep out of (phrase) – to stop or prevent (something/someone) from (something else).