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...
Background Historically, the main focus of studies of childhood mortality has been the infant and under-five mortality rates. Neonatal mortality (deaths <28 days of age) has received limited attention, although such deaths account for about 41% of all child deaths....
Aahul Goswami The long-term impacts of food inflation on the rural and urban poor are yielding worrying indicators in India’s nutrition and health sectors. Analysing new data from the NSSO’s 66th Round and recent trends in retail food prices, the author...
Bijoya Roy , Siddharta Gupta Issue : VOL 46 No. 38 September 17 – September 23, 2011 Increasing cost of medical care has emerged as the second biggest cause of rural indebtedness in India. A user fee at the point of service delivery is now common even at the...
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...
