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Non communicable diseases country profiles 2011 WHO global report
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...
Inequality adjusted Human Development Index for India’s States
Inequality adjusted Human Development Index for India’s States Abstract The 2010 UNDP Global Human Development Report The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development introduced a new index, the Inequality-adjusted HDI aimed at capturing the distributional...
The World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development
The World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development Gender equality matters in its own right but is also smart economics: Countries that create better opportunities and conditions for women and girls can raise productivity, improve outcomes for...
Public-Private Partnership and User Fees in Healthcare: Evidence from West Bengal
Public-Private Partnership and User Fees in Healthcare: Evidence from West Bengal 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...
From where are TB patients accessing treatment? Results from 30 district survey
Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) notification in India by the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) provides information on TB patients registered for treatment from the programme. There is limited information about the proportion of patients treated for...
Neonatal Mortality Levels for 193 Countries in 2009 with Trends since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of Progress, Projections, and Priorities
Neonatal Mortality Levels for 193 Countries in 2009 with Trends since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of Progress, Projections, and Priorities Abstract Background Historically, the main focus of studies of childhood mortality has been the infant and under-five...
Food Prices, Health and Nutrition: Red-flag indicators for the 12th Plan
Food Prices, Health and Nutrition: Red-flag indicators for the 12th Plan Soruce: http://www.macroscan.org/anl/aug11/anl170811Rahul_Goswami.htm Aahul Goswami The long-term impacts of food inflation on the rural and urban poor are yielding worrying indicators in India's...
Report of Future of financing for WHO
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...
HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUALITY IN HEALTH SECTOR STRATEGIES:HOW TO ASSESS POLICY COHERENCE
HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUALITY IN HEALTH SECTOR STRATEGIES:HOW TO ASSESS POLICY COHERENCE Human Rights and Gender Equality in Health Sector Strategies: how to assess policy coherence is designed to support countries as they design and implement national health...
China and India as Suppliers of Affordable Medicines to Developing Countries
Abstract As countries reform their patent laws to be in compliance with the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement, an important question is how increased patent protection will affect drug prices in low-income countries. Using pharmaceutical...