India and Health systems
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New Delhi - Population:
1173108018 - Size:
3287590.0 Km2
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- Special issue of Essential Drugs Monitor
- Essential Drugs and Medicine Policy, WHO, 2003
- The historic first meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on the Selection of Essential Drugs took place in Geneva in 1977. Today, more than 150 countries have adopted the concept and developed their own natio...
- 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...
- Dr H Sudarshan voices his concerns about corruption in the Indian healthcare system
- A. George / HumanscapeIndia.net, 2003
- In India, the Lokayukta, established on the recommendation of the Administrative Reforms Commission, is a statutory judicial body that aims to improve the standards of public administration. The Karnataka Lokayukta Act (KLA) deems act...
- Experiences of illness and health: evidence from the perceptions of the poor
- D. Narayan; R. Chambers; M. K. Shah; P. Petesch / World Bank, 2000
- While it is recognised that poverty and poor health are closely linked, it is rare that the poor have the opportunity to voice their own experiences with respect to health issues. Poor people from across the world described their own ...
- 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...
- Decentralisation without participation: India's health policy lacks a participatory methodology
- U. Kumar / Global Development Network, 2001
- This paper focuses on the importance of decentralisation in health care provision and how community participation could become a way forward to provide health care to all, using participatory rural appraisal. The paper outlines...
- An innovative project for the management of public hospitals through community participation in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India
- S.R. Mohanty / Global Development Network, 2000
- Ironically it was the plague scare of 1994 that woke up the sleeping health care behemoth of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. As the panic of an impending epidemic swept across western and central India, the District...
- 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
