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...
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Demand side financing (DSF) is a widely employed strategy to enhance utilization of healthcare. The impact of DSF on health care seeking in general and that of maternal care in particular is already known. Yet, its effect on financial access to...
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...
Economic and Political Weekly Vol – XLVII No. 35, September 01, 2012 | Sudhir Krishnaswamy and Arjun Jayadev Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of India upheld the constitutional validity of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act...
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...
India’s poor tribal people have far worse health indicators than the general population. Most tribal people live in remote rural hamlets in hilly, forested or desert areas where illiteracy, trying physical environments, malnutrition, inadequate access to potable...
