India and Health systems
- Capital:
New Delhi - Population:
1173108018 - Size:
3287590.0 Km2
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- The BLDS health collection
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- Why invest in communications for immunisation?
- S. Waisbord; H. Larson / Center for Communication Programs, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2005
- This report makes a case for revitalizing investments in communication for immunization. It considers communication in a broad sense, including advocacy, social and community mobilization, and information, education, and communication...
- Donor policy can help overcome IP-related access to medicines constraints
- C. Grace / Department for International Development Health Resource Centre (HRC), 2005
- This paper, from the DFID Health Resource Centre, examines how Intellectual Property (IP) agreements impact upon the pharmaceutical sector in China and India, and how this in turn affects access to medicines. The paper examines major ...
- Making global health initiatives on communicable diseases more effective
- U. Lele; R. Ridker; J. Upadhyay / Uma Lele, Personal Website, 2005
- The paper assesses seven international health programs addressing communicable diseases, primarily focusing on the focus on the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) and its interactions with other organisations. ...
- Gender biases in health systems result in unnecessarily high maternal mortality
- A. George; A Iyer; G. Sen / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
- This Institute of Development Studies working paper examines the persistently high levels of maternal mortality in India. The paper explores the context of pregnant women’s lives and the plural health systems they encounter in Ko...
- Improving pharmaceuticals for reproductive health in developing countries: public sector plays a critical role
- P. Hall / Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health, 2005
- This paper examines the role of public and private sectors in the development of contraception and other pharmaceutical products. It also explores the obstacles to availability of these products in developing countries, as well as fur...
- Global partnerships to tackle public health problems helped bring in more money
- C. Carlson; N. Druce; R.| Sadanandan / Department for International Development Health Resource Centre (HRC), 2004
- This report, published by the DFID Health Resource Centre (HRC), looks at evidence on the impact of global health partnerships (GHPs) at the country level in India, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. It finds that GHPs brought in additional fu...
- What drives public service reform, and who resists it?
- R. Batley / Development and Change Journal, 2004
- This article, published in Development and Change, identifies the leaders, supporters and resisters of public service reform, drawing principally on research from Ghana, Zimbabwe, India and Sri Lanka. It finds that reform was often co...
- Why cultural sensitivity is key to social change: nine case studies from UNFPA programmes
- United Nations Population Fund, 2004
- Published by UNFPA, this guide highlights the importance of cultural analysis and sensitivity in development efforts, addressing issues such as gender equality and equity, HIV and AIDS, female genital cutting, gender-based violence an...
- Wealth is not an accurate indicator of health
- A. Case; A. Deaton / Research Program in Development Studies, Princeton University, 2004
- This paper, produced by the Research Program in Development Studies and the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University, examines the links between economic and health status in Udaipur, India and Khayelitsha township in S...
- Community-based health insurance provides financial protection for poor households
- M. K. Ranson / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2002
- This paper, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, assesses the performance of the Self Employed Women’s Association’s Medical Insurance Fund in Gujarat, India. Findings show that 11 per cent of claims w...
- 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.
- Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies
- Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) formerly known as Centre for Spatial Database Management and Solutions, is a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), located at Noida, near India’s capital city of New Delhi. CSDMS is committed to advocacy and developing solutions for under-privileged societies through the use of innovative and effective Information and Commun...
- Community Health Cell, Society for Community Health Awareness, Research and Action (SOCHARA)
- Karnataka-based organisation working for community health, awareness and action
- 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
- Indian Institute of Health Management Research, India (IIHMR)
- Improving health through better management of healthcare programmes
