Changes in addressing inequalities in access to hospital care in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra states of India: a difference-in-differences study using repeated cross-sectional surveys

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Transforming Health Markets in Asia and Africa

  Improving quality and access for the poor Edited by Gerald Bloom, Barun Kanjilal, Henry Lucas, David Peters Published 9th August 2012 by Routledge – 198 pages Series: Pathways to Sustainability Series There has been a dramatic spread of health markets in much...

Article on performance motivation of ASHA

  Abstract OBJECTIVE: This study examined the performance motivation of community health workers (CHWs) and its determinants on India's Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) programme. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study employing mixed-methods approach involved...

A ‘Twisted’ Health Scheme-EPW Editorial

A 'Twisted' Health Scheme Editorial- Economic and Political Weekly Vol - XLVII No. 38, September 22, 2012 State health insurance schemes are being abused to profi t private care providers. The “uterus removal scams” in Chhattisgarh and Bihar that came to light...

Doctors in Entrepreneurial Gowns:EPW Article

Doctors in Entrepreneurial Gowns Sanjay Nagral Vol - XLVII No. 36, September 08, 2012 The Indian Medical Association has morphed into a body representing the trade and commerce of medicine rather than the practice of medicine as a whole. Given the increasingly...

Reader on Health Policy and Systems Research

Reader on Health Policy and Systems Research Launch of the First Reader on Health Policy and Systems Research: “Health Policy and Systems Research: A Methodology Reader” Strong health policies and strong health systems are needed to deliver effectively critical health...

PLoS One India UHC Costing Paper

Dear All The attached article which we recently published in PLoS One deals with costing of a universal health care based on IPHS services package. Hope this provides some empirical estimates and adds to the debate, especially in the wake of calls for universal health...

India UHC Costing Paper

  The attached article which we recently published in PLoS One deals with costing of a universal health care based on IPHS services package. Hope this provides some empirical estimates and adds to the debate, especially in the wake of calls for universal health...

Innovating Tuberculosis Control in India

  Innovating Tuberculosis Control in India Nora Engel , Wiebe Bijker Tuberculosis or tb is a very serious problem in India and worldwide, and generally lacks attention in the public domain. Scientists, medical doctors, health staff and community workers make...

Budget 2012-13 and Health Sector- Highlights

  Budget 2012-13 and Health Sector Major highlights for Department of Health and Family Welfare National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is being implemented through ‘Accredited Social Health Activist’- ‘ASHA’ and the scope of ASHA’s activities is being enlarged to...

Global Observatory for eHealth series – Volume 1

Global Observatory for eHealth series - Volume 1 Atlas - eHealth country profiles ISBN 978 92 4 156416 8 22 December 2010This publication presents data on the 114 WHO Member States that participated in the 2009 global survey on eHealth. Intended as a reference to the...

Global Observatory for eHealth series – Volume 1

The Impact of eHealth on the Quality and Safety of Health Care: A Systematic Overview   …..report the findings of their systematic overview that assessed the impact of eHealth solutions on the quality and safety of health care…   Ashly D. Black1, Josip Car1,...

Call to increase public financing for health care

Call to increase public financing for health care. Increasing public financing for health care, allotting 70 per cent of funds for primary health care and regulating drug prices are the key factors that would go towards providing universal health coverage in India, K....

SRS Bulletin and Time Series Analysis

Dear all, Please find here with the latest SRS Bulletin and also the Time Series Analysis. Please visit MoHFW-HMIS webportal for more data. http://nrhm-mis.nic.in/PublicPeriodicReports.aspx with regards Time Series.xls SRS Bulletin - January 2011.doc

Budget 2011-12 and Health Sector

The Honorable Minister for Finance Shri.Pranab Kumar Mukharjee presented the Union Budget for 2011-12 in parliament today. Here is a snap shot of the major highlights of his budget speech regarding the Health Sector in India. Budget 2011-12 and Health Sector Major...

Editorial Articles on Census 2011

Liberate by growth Ila Patnaik Posted online: Tue Apr 05 2011, 00:35 hrs The Indian Express For every 1,000 boys in India, there are only 933 girls in the age group of children up to 6 years old. Blaming the failure of the health regulatory system in preventing female...

Replacing Food Pyramid with a Healthy Plate

Replacing Food Pyramid with a Healthy Plate Source: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/743889?sssdmh=dm1.692731&src=nldne A colorful four-part plate, with a side dish of dairy, has replaced the 19-year-old food pyramid as the icon of the new U.S. Dietary...

Regulatory architecture of mixed health systems

The report of a recently concluded research project: "Mapping the regulatory architecture for health care provision in mixed health systems", including case studies from two Indian states, is attached. SUMMARY LMIC Mixed Health Systems: mixed health care systems in...

Human Development in India, 2010 : Report from NCAER

Human Development in India, 2010 : Report from NCAER Abstract India’s rapid economic growth since the 1980s has stimulated further global interest in understanding its complex society. The story about contemporary India is deeper than a story of simple economic...

Fwd: Health Systems Selected Readings June 2011

Begin forwarded message: From: "Josefien Van Olmen" <jvanolmen> Date: 11 July 2011 1:51:32 PM GMT+02:00 To: "healthsystems" <healthsystems> Subject: Health Systems Selected Readings June 2011 Selected Readings on Health Systems_June 2011 Dear colleagues,...

Report of Future of financing for WHO

Future of financing for WHO The discussion initiated in January 2010 on the future of the financing of WHO, the subsequent deliberations in 2010 and 2011 both by the Executive Board and by the World Health Assembly on the matter, as well as the inputs provided by...

Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2011

Dear all, The MoEF has notified the new Draft Bio-Medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011 under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to replace the earlier Rules (1998) and the amendments thereof. The darft Rules are notified for information of the...

Programme Evaluation of the Janani Suraksha Yojana

Programme Evaluation of the Janani Suraksha Yojana The Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is one of the flagship components of the National Rural Health Mission, and the key strategy to enable women to access institutional deliveries and thereby effect reductions in...

WHO Mental Health Atlas 2011

The WHO Mental Health Atlas 2011 represents the latest estimate of global mental health resources available to prevent and treat mental disorders and help protect the human rights of people living with these conditions. It presents data from 184 WHO Member States,...