India and Health
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- Assessment of wellbeing in India
- S.C. White; S.O. Gaines; S. Jha; N. Marshall / Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways, University of Bath, 2012
- Between individuals, levels of wellbeing vary in line with economic status. But beyond individuals it is politics and policies that make the major difference. These are key messages emerging from recent research on wellbeing and pover...
- Woman-centered research on access to safe abortion services and implications for behavioral change communication interventions: a cross-sectional study of women in Bihar and Jharkhand, India
- S. K. Banerjee / BioMed Central, 2012
- Abortion has been legal in India since 1971, and the availability of safe abortion services has increased. However, service availability has not led to a significant reduction in unsafe abortion. This study aimed to understand the gap...
- Putting Contract Research Organisations on the Radar
- I. Schipper / Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2011
- It is a trend for pharmaceutical companies to contract third parties to conduct their clinical trials in order to test their drugs. This trend is referred to as outsourcing, and the companies that carry out the work are called contrac...
- The Impact of the Midday Meal Scheme on Nutrition and Learning
- C. Porter / Young Lives, 2010
- Food insecurity and poor nutrition remain a problem in many developing countries and can have profound effects on children’s health and their development. The Midday Meal Scheme in India is a programme covering primary school chi...
- Evaluation of the Performance of Nitrate Reductase Assay for Rapid Drug-susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in North India
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, 2011
- The objective of the study was to evaluate the performance of nitrate reductase assay (NRA) as a rapid, reliable and inexpensive method for drug-susceptibility testing (DST) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis against firstline antitubercul...
- A snapshot of world population trends, 2011
- B. Crossette (ed); R. Kollodge; A. Toure / United Nations Population Fund, 2011
- This report provides a snapshot of how a number of countries are facing diverse demographic challenges, ranging from ageing populations to high fertility rates, and from urbanisation to the emergence of new generations of young people...
- Mainstreaming gender perspective in the national health programmes: the challenges ahead
- L.K. Piang 2010
- Poverty and ill health affect both men and women. However, the problems get compounded for women for many reasons like lack of resources, decisionmaking, etc... This paper examines some of the National Health Programmes and the gender...
- Food security and gender insights
- S. Turrall (ed) / Knowledge Services, IDS, 2012
- This issue of insights shows how development policy and practice can potentially improve food security while supporting women’s empowerment. They can focus on women’s critical role as food producers, consum...
- Resources from Young Lives study on childhood poverty
- Young Lives, 2011
- Working papers from the Young Lives study. Papers below date from 2010-2011. Please see the site for further selection of papers dating back to 2002. 'I'd rather be hit with a stick...Grades are sacred'...
- How fast is malaria spreading with climate change?
- R. C. Dhiman (ed); L. Chavam; M. Pant / National Institute of Malaria Research, 2011
- This paper analyses impacts of climate change on malaria transmission at the national and regional level in India, with emphasis on the Himalayan region, northeastern states, the Western Ghats and coastal areas under the aegis of NATC...
- Indicus Analytics
- Indian economics research firm
- Indian Institute of Health Management Research, India (IIHMR)
- Improving health through better management of healthcare programmes
- Institute of Health Systems, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Indian public health research and training institute promoting research on health systems and health policy
- Population Council
- The Council analyzes population issues and trends; conducts research in the reproductive sciences; develops new contraceptives; works with public and private agencies to improve the quality and outreach of family planning and reproductive health services; helps governments design and implement effective population policies; communicates the results of research in the population field to diverse au...
- Asian Health, Environmental and Allied Database CdRoms (AHEAD)
- CDROMs on health and environmental information in Asia
