1.The Poverty Trap Jean Drèze, Hindustan Times In the good old days, the poverty line was a relatively simple concept. By and large, it was just a statistical benchmark for making ‘poverty comparisons’ — for instance, to track poverty over time, or to compare poverty...
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...
Non communicable diseases country profiles 2011 WHO global report WHO maps non communicable disease trends in all countries. Country profiles on non communicable disease trends in 193 countries A new WHO report features information about the non communicable diseases...
Closing the gap: Policy into practice on social determinants of health The Discussion Paper will inform proceedings at the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health about how countries can implement action on social determinants of health, including the...
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...
Abstract Objective To estimate fall-related mortality by type of fall in India. Methods The authors analyzed unintentional injury data from the ongoing Million Death Study from 2001–2003 using verbal autopsy and coding of all deaths in accordance with the...
