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World Bank´s Reproductive Health Action Plan 2010 2015
RHActionPlanFinalMay112010.pdf
India’s Janani Suraksha Yojana, a conditional cash transfer programme to increase births in health facilities: an impact evaluation
Background In 2005, with the goal of reducing the numbers of maternal and neonatal deaths, the Government of India launched Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), a conditional cash transfer scheme, to incentivise women to give birth in a health facility. We...
Catastrophic Payments and Impoverishment due to Out-of-Pocket Health Spending
Abstract Out-of-pocket payments are the principal source of healthcare finance in most Asian countries, and India is no exception. This fact has important consequences for household living standards. In this paper the author explores significant changes in the...
WHO Mental Health Atlas 2011
WHO Mental Health Atlas 2011 The WHO Mental Health Atlas 2011 represents the latest estimate of global mental health resources available to prevent and treat mental disorders and help protect the human rights of people living with these conditions. It presents data...
Oppurtunities in Orissa
Dear Friends Univesity Reseach Company, Bethesda,USA (www.urc-chs.com) is bidding for a DFID RFP in Orrisa. They equire Short Profiles / CVs of middle and senior level professionals, who might be inteested in Full time / Short term assignments in the follwoing aeas....
Designing and managing the health system: separating public health from clinical care
Universal Healthcare & Nationwide Public Health: A tale of two declarations from one city Universal healthcare is essential and imminently feasible in India, but medical care is only one determinant of the overall health of the people. Achieving a healthy...
Childhood and Adult Mortality from Unintentional Falls In India: Article from WHO Bulletin
Childhood and Adult Mortality from Unintentional Falls In India Jagnoor Jagnoor, Wilson Suraweera et al Abstract Objective To estimate fall-related mortality by type of fall in India. Methods The authors analyzed unintentional injury data from the ongoing Million...
Programme Evaluation of the Janani Suraksha Yojana
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...
WHO Discussion Paper :Closing the gap: Policy into practice on social determinants of health
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...
Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2011
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...