India and Health
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- Access to existing drugs and incentives to develop new drugs: do intellectual property rights strike the right balance?
- Institute for Global Health, 2000
- The impact of stronger intellectual property (IP) rights regimes on public health has become the subject of considerable concern within international development circles. Views have frequently been divided between those who see strong...
- Improving the availability of drugs for the developing world through public-private health partnerships
- Institute for Global Health, 2000
- Efforts to put the health gap between rich and poor countries at the top of the development political agenda have been renewed in recent years. With this momentum in place, a number of initiatives involving new arrangements for develo...
- Using dietary diversity as an indicator of household food access
- J. Hoddinott; Y. Yohannes / Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002
- Looks at whether dietary diversity, defined as the number of unique foods consumed over a given period of time, is a good measure of household food access. It draws on data from ten countries: Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana, India, K...
- The importance of developing preventive strategies for tackling coronary heart disease in South Asia
- S. Nishtar / The Lancet, 2002
- It is increasingly recognised that cardiovascular diseases are a major health problem in developing countries. However, tertiary health care for such diseases is expensive and frequently unavailable in developing countries. Cost and a...
- An edition of the WHO Bulletin focusing on public-private partnerships for drugs and vaccines
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2001
- This themed edition of the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation presents editorials, research, reviews, discussions, letters and interviews on the issue of public-private partnerships for drugs and vaccines. Titles in the bulleti...
- Addressing sexual health issues affecting men who have sex with men and gay men
- International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2001
- This manual, produced by the Naz Foundation India Trust, provides training modules on issues related to the sexuality and sexual health of men who have sex with men (MSM) and gay men. The training is intended for non-governmental orga...
- Overview of India’s health care system
- M. Pearson / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 1999
- Following independence in 1947, India and its leaders believed that an interventionist industry-led approach to development was the key to eradicating poverty. Ambitious targets were set for the expansion of health services, according...
- HIV/AIDS affects all children and policymakers should broaden their scope
- G. Cornia / UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2001
- This paper presents the findings of a global study carried out in 2000 on the specific impact of HIV/AIDS on children. The study is based on nine country case studies - six in Africa and three in Asia - and a review of five key areas:...
- Comparative review of official statistics on child mortality rates in Maharashtra, India
- A. Bang; M. H. Reddy; M.D. Deshmukh / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2002
- This article examines official statistics on child mortality rates in Maharashtra, and compares them against an initial set of findings on child and infant mortality that also measured extent and causes of under-reporting of child dea...
- US intelligence predicts massive increase in HIV prevalence and discusses implications for security
- D. Gordon / National Intelligence Council, USA, 2002
- This document from the National Intelligence Council (NIC) makes predictions about the course and implications of the HIV/AIDS pandemic over the next eight years. It states that the number of people with HIV/AIDS will grow significant...
- 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...
