Frameworks for evaluating health research capacity strengthening: a qualitative study Alan Boyd et al Health Research Policy and Systems 2013 Background Health research capacity strengthening (RCS) projects are often complex and hard to evaluate. In order to inform...
Success factors for reducing maternal and child mortality Bulletin of the World Health Organization Past issues Volume 92: 2014 Volume 92, Number 7, July 2014, 465-544 Shyama Kuruvilla et al Reducing maternal and child mortality is a priority in the Millennium...
Parallel systems and human resource management in India’s public health services : a view from the front lines Abstract La Forgia et al, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 2014 There is building evidence in India that the delivery of health services...
Abstract Background: The Global Adult Tobacco Survey has 15 key indicators, cigarettes smoked per day (CPD) among daily smokers being one of them. The first wave of GATS in 14 countries indicated that mean CPD use is higher in women than men in India only,...
Abstract Public–private partnerships (PPP) are being touted as the way forward for health care in the country as demonstrated by the draft chapter of the 12th Five-year Plan for health. The planning commission refers to the Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital,...
Costs of surgical procedures in Indian hospitals Susmita Chatterjee1, Ramanan Laxminarayan BMJ Open 2013;3:e002844 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002844 Objective Despite a growing volume of surgical procedures in low-income and middle-income countries, the costs of these...