India and Health
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- Distant memory – new dementia test allows international comparisons
- Martin Prince; Daisy Acosta; Helen Chiu; Marcia Scazufca; Matthew Varghese / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- It is difficult to diagnose dementia in societies with limited education. So comparison of levels of the condition in different countries may not be valid. A study involving the UK Institute of Psychiatry aimed to develop and assess a...
- The feasibility of delivering an HIV-1 vaccine in Southern India
- S. Seshadri; P. Subramaniyam; P. Jha / World Bank, 2003
- This paper assesses the potential demand for and strategic use of an HIV- 1 vaccine in southern India. It assesses the size of potential high- and low-risk target groups for an HIV-1 vaccine in the 117 districts of Andhra Pradesh, Mah...
- Addressing the stagnation in the reduction of India's child mortality rate?
- M. Claeson; E. Bos; I. Pathmanathan / World Bank, 1999
- This study asks: Is the apparent stagnation in India’s child mortality rate real or simply due to irregularities in the data? If the stagnation is taking place, what factors are behind it? What are the policy options that will su...
- Determinants of maternal health care utilisation in south India
- K. Navaneetham; A. Dharmalingam / Science Direct, 2001
- This paper examines the patterns and determinants of maternal health care utilisation across different social settings in south India: in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Data from the National Family He...
- Statistics on childhood poverty in Andhra Pradesh
- S. Galab; M. Gopinath Reddy; P. Antony; A. McCoy; C. Ravi; D. Seerama Raju; K. Mayuri; P. Prudhivikar Reddy / Young Lives, 2003
- Young Lives: An International Study of Childhood Poverty aims at improving our understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty in the developing world, and at informing policy to reduce it. In each of four developing...
- Adolescent and youth reproductive health in India
- US Agency for International Development, 2003
- Survey of the reproductive health status of adolescents in the country. The report looks at the social context and gender socialization issues that set girls and boys apart in terms of life expectations, educational attainment,...
- Healthy decisions? Reproductive healthcare for Muslim women in India
- Maya Unnithan-Kumar / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- What influences a woman’s reproductive healthcare decisions? Men? Cultural beliefs? Money? When this vital area of public health services remains largely unused, it is time to examine attitudes to reproductive health and improve ...
- Women, reproductive health and the private sector in India
- Jagdish Bhatia; John Cleland / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- What are the biggest health problems for women? Is the current emphasis on reproductive health correct? Where do women go for healthcare? Researchers from the Indian Institute of Management and the London School of Hygiene and Tropica...
- Reproductive healthcare - India's private practitioners go back to school
- John Cleland; Jagdish Bhatia / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Reproductive health problems are a major cause of illness for married women in Karnataka State, India. How can reproductive healthcare be improved? Private practitioners carry out three-quarters of gynaecological consultations. Could ...
- Behaving badly? Young men and sexual health
- Kim Rivers; Peter Aggleton / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- How can young men change their attitudes to sex and sexual health? What methods can be used to challenge their views? Researchers from the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the Institute of Education, University of London and Southampton ...
- World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi)
- The WBTi is a flagship programme of IBFAN Asia that initiates a participatory assessment of the strengths and weaknesses in the 10 areas of policies and programmes meant for implementing the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding.
- Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI)
- Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) is an international foundation with the vision to improve child health and nutrition of all children in low and middle income countries through research that informs health policy and practice.
- Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC)
- Indian urban health network
- Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India (AMCHSS)
- Indian centre for research and training on public health
- Social and Development Research and Action Group (SADRAG)
- Action research and development organisation focusing on gender and socio-economic issues in India
- Indian Journal of Medical Research
- Indian Medical Journal
- Indian Journal of Community Medicine
- Freely available online journal of Indian Community Medicine
- Journal of the Indian Medical Association
- The Journal of the Indian Medical association (JIMA) is now available online.
- Centre for Operations Research and Training, India (CORT)
- Reproductive health research with immediate policy relevance
- Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chennai
- The Tuberculosis Research Centre (TRC), formerly known as the Tuberculosis Chemotherapy Centre, is a permanent research institute of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Originally established to to determine the feasilibility, efficacy and safety of domiciliary chemotherapy for sputum positi...
