Great introduction to Forest Castes in India and Why they are Vulnerable

www.researchgate.net/publication/398071876_Cultural_Beliefs_and_Demographic_Change_A_Study_of_Population_Decline_Among_the_Baiga_Tribe

Taboos, Risk Factors, Susceptibility Doors

Access barriers to prenatal care.

Low vaccination.

Limited clinical medicine.

Climate and food systems drive infant mortality.

Displacement from native forests. Deforestation.

High childhood malnutrition.

Women do not have agency over fertility.

Convergence on demographic tipping point and evolutionary bottlenecks coupled with decreasing life expectancies due to external mortality.

Birth rituals and infant exposure to temperature extremes and elements.

Access and availability of control measures for STDs and other infectious diseases.

Accompagnateur support for medication, hygiene, malnutrition, required.

Educational barriers between boys and girls.


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