PUBLICATIONS
Maternal Mortality in India: Causes and Healthcare Service Use Based on a Nationally Representative Survey
Maternal Mortality in India: Causes and Healthcare Service Use Based on a Nationally Representative Survey Ann L. Montgomery, Plos One,2014 Background Data on cause-specific mortality, skilled birth attendance, and emergency obstetric care access are essential to plan...
Resurrecting social infrastructure as a determinant of urban tuberculosis control in Delhi, India
Resurrecting social infrastructure as a determinant of urban tuberculosis control in Delhi, India Shivani Chandra et al, Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 Background The key to universal coverage in tuberculosis (TB) management lies in community participation...
Is the bias so severe as to cause death-Interview with Dr T.K. Sundari Ravindran, activist researcher on gender, health and equity issues.
Is the bias so severe as to cause death Frontline By R.Krishna Kumar Interview with Dr T.K. Sundari Ravindran, activist researcher on gender, health and equity issues. DR T.K. SUNDARI RAVINDRAN is Professor at the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree...
Equity in the utilzation of healthcare services in India: evidence from National Sample Survey
Equity in the utilzation of healthcare services in India: evidence from National Sample Survey Soumitra Ghosh Int J Health Policy Manag 2014, 2(1), 29–38 Abstract Background: The pursuit of equity in health and healthcare has been the key feature of health policy in...
Averting Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in India through Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxation: An Economic-Epidemiologic Modeling Study
Averting Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in India through Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxation: An Economic-Epidemiologic Modeling Study Sanjay Basu, Sukumar Vellakkal, Sutapa Agrawal, David Stuckler, Barry Popkin, Shah Ebrahim Abstract Background Taxing sugar-sweetened...
What explains regulatory failure? Analysing the architecture of health care regulation in two Indian states
What explains regulatory failure? Analysing the architecture of health care regulation in two Indian states Sheikh K, Saligram PS, Hort K Health Policy and Planning 2013 Abstract Regulating health care is a pre-eminent policy challenge in many low- and middle-income...
Provider imposed restrictions to clients’ access to family planning in urban Uttar Pradesh, India: a mixed methods study
Lisa S Calhoun, et al BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:532 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-13-532 Background Medical barriers refer to unnecessary policies or procedures imposed by health care providers that are not necessarily medically advised; these restrictions...
Health sector demand-side financial incentives in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review on demand- and supply-side effects
Demand-side financial incentive (DSF) is an emerging strategy to improve health seeking behavior and health status in many low- and middle-income countries. This narrative synthesis assessed the demand- and supply-side effects of DSF. Forty one electronic data...
Equity in reproductive and maternal health services in Bangladesh
Equity in reproductive and maternal health services in Bangladesh Eyob Zere et al Abstract Background: The target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is now closer than ever.There is lack of sufficient progress in achieving the MDG targets in...
An exploration of elevated HIV and STI risk among male sex workers from India Prakash Narayanan et al
Men who have sex with men (MSM) who also report transactional sex (male sex workers or MSWs) are known to be at higher risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The study aimed to profile socio-demographic characteristics and risk factors...