further towards
the advanced end of the transition. It too has only one infectious disease
among its top ten causes of death.

These are disturbing statistics. India needs to dramatically
improve the quality of life for its citizens in terms of cleaner environment;
better citizen amenities and preventive healthcare measures to improve the
health of people; and to bring under control the seasonal diseases like Chikungunya
and Dengue, the dreaded vector-borne diseases, quickly and effectively. The
prologue resultant debility is seriously affecting the productivity of the
sufferers and thus, economics of their families and organizations. People of
this country should not be made suffer every year when preventive measures are
already known.

In addition to better
sanitation and sports, yoga needs to be promoted as a non-sectarian wellness
initiative to control communicable and non-communicable diseases. On the
occasion of the second International YogaGrandmothers raising grandchildren: family structure and well-being in culturally diverse families.
This study addressed well-being of grandmothers raising grandchildren in coparenting and custodial households in a sample of African American, Latino, and White grandmothers. A sample of 1,058 grandmothers was recruited through the schools and media. Grandmothers raising or helping to raise school-aged grandchildren in Los Angeles were interviewed, and analyses were conducted within ethnic groups. African American grandmothers experienced equal well-being in coparenting and custodial families; however, if the stresses related to the parents' problems were removed by statistical control, they favored the custodial arrangement. Latino grandmothers had greater well-being in coparenting families, reflecting a tradition of intergenerational living. White custodial grandmothers experienced somewhat higher levels of affect (positive and negative) but showed no difference in other types