India and Health systems
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New Delhi - Population:
1173108018 - Size:
3287590.0 Km2
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- In India, education and information, as well as availability, affected the use of maternity care services
- A. Shariff; G. Singh / National Council of Applied Economic Research, India, 2002
- In India, utilisation of basic health services has remained poor. The reasons may include low levels of household income, illiteracy and ignorance, and traditional attitudes to health care. This paper focuses on maternity care and att...
- Spotting dementia cases in India – community health workers turn detective
- K. S. Shaji; N. R. A. Kishore; K. P. Lal / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
- Population ageing in developing countries is producing a rapid rise in dementia cases. As in many societies, dementia in India is largely a hidden problem. Health services must identify cases before they can offer practical help. Rese...
- Respect, diversity and community participation key in HIV prevention amongst sex workers
- C. Evans / World Health Organization, 2004
- This WHO toolkit is intended as a resource to guide the development and implementation of effective HIV interventions in diverse sex work settings and is aimed at anyone who works in HIV prevention in these settings. The first section...
- Factors determining healthcare choices amongst the poor
- I. Gupta; A Datta / Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University, 2003
- The poor are both more likely to be affected by poor health, and more adversely affected by it, since they are less likely to have insurance against the loss of income that results from illness. This paper examines the problem of limi...
- Can India's HIV/AIDS policy be sustainably managed to meet its targets?
- R. Bhat; S. K. Maheshwari; S. Saha / Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2004
- Controlling spread of HIV in India is at a critical juncture, whereby ignoring this problem will lead millions of Indians into the grip of this pandemic. Ever since HIV/AIDS was acknowledged as a problem, the strategies to address the...
- Information, technical support and advocacy needed for improved access to medicines
- N. Druce / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004
- This research paper from the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre shows that the laws on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) are having a negative effect on health systems in developing countries. The report b...
- How implementation of product patents affects access to medicines in India and China
- C. Grace / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004
- This HSRC report explores the implications of changing Intellectual Property (IP) on access to medicines (ATM) in India and China by asking two key questions: how will the implementation of product patents affect the pharmaceutical in...
- Increased participation of health workers needed to address issue of multiple jobholding
- P. Berman; D. Cuizon / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004
- This review examines the systemic and individual causes of multiple jobholding (MJH) and evidence on its prevalence through an analysis of country-level conditions. The paper places MJH in the context of health systems and government ...
- Links between community participation and improving health are hard to prove at national level
- S. M. M Hossain; A Bhuiya; A. R. Khan; L. Uhaa / British Medical Journal, 2004
- This UNICEF article charts the rise of community based health care in South Asia, and examines the relationship between community development and improvements in health indicators in South Asia over recent decades. Since the 1970s, he...
- Information – education – communication (IEC) efforts needed to reduce maternal mortality in Maharashtra, India
- B. R. Ganatra; K. J. Coyaji; V. N. Rao / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 1998
- This paper looks at results from a case study of 400 villages in Maharashtra, India. The area reported 121 maternal deaths between 1993 and 1995. The study compared the situation of those who died with those who survived similar compl...
- 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
