Work has been carried out in collaboration with Welfare of NRHM (U.P.), State Health Society (Bihar), ICDS, organizations working in the field of public health, academicians and public health professionals from Patna Medical College & Hospital, AIIMS-Patna, U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences & Research in Saifai, Darbhanga Medical College in Laheriasarai, Bihar, Motilal Nehru Medical College in Allahabad, and the Dept. of Community Medicine at KGMU in Lucknow.