PUBLICATIONS
Regulatory architecture of mixed health systems
SUMMARY LMIC Mixed Health Systems: mixed health care systems in low and middle income countries are distinguished by significant heterogeneity in types of establishments and providers, a dominant unorganized private sector, and inefficiencies in government delivery of...
Status and Role of Traditional Medicine/AYUSH in the Public Health System of India
Mainstreaming Traditional Medicine: Potential role for Universal Health Coverage in the Indian Context Ritu Priya1, Shweta A.S.2 1,2 National Health Systems Resource Centre, Technical support organization under National Rural Health Mission, Ministry of Health...
WHO Report on Disability
New World Report Shows More Than 1 Billion People with Disabilities Face Substantial Barriers in Their daily Lives NEW YORK –The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank today revealed new global estimates that more than one billion people experience some...
Lancet: Priority actions for the non-communicable disease crisis
Priority actions for the non-communicable disease crisis Summary The UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in September, 2011, is an unprecedented opportunity to create a sustained global movement against premature death and preventable...
Global status report on non-communicable diseases 2010: WHO Report
Global status report on non-communicable diseases 2010 World Health Organization April 2011 Abstract This report sets out the statistics, evidence and experiences needed to launch a more forceful response to the growing threat posed by non-communicable diseases (NCD)....
Fwd: A critique of the National Health Research Policy in EPW – Upendra, Prashanth & Devadasan
--- On Thu, 14/4/11, N. Devadasan <deva> wrote: From: N. Devadasan <deva> Subject: Fwd: A critique of the National Health Research Policy in EPW - Upendra, Prashanth & Devadasan This is one of our articles that was published in the EPW. You may want to...
The art of medicine,Learning from others: Prof Amartya Sen’s Article in the latest issue of Lancet.
Learning from others Amartya Sen “Is there anyone, in the five parts of India, who does not admire China?” asked Yi Jing in the 7th century, on returning to China after being in India for 10 years. Yi Jing spent his years studying, among other subjects, ayurveda (the...
Women’s Health, Population Control and Collective Action : Special Article from EPW
Women’s Health, Population Control and Collective Action Harini Narayanan, Economic & Political Weekly Abstract Health policy in India, like all public policy, has always been the product of complex political processes. In the area of women’s health, the situation...
Developing Strategies for Improving Health Care Delivery: A User’s Guide to Concepts, Determinants, Measurement, and Intervention Design
Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper Developing Strategies for Improving Health Care Delivery: A User’s Guide to Concepts, Determinants, Measurement, and Intervention Design Elizabeth H. Bradley, Sarah Pallas, Chhitj Bashyal, Leslie Curry, Peter...
Report of the study to understand the Health Status and Healthcare Systems in Selected Tribal Areas of India
Report of the study to understand the Health Status and Healthcare Systems in Selected Tribal Areas of India Report prepared by Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement in collaboration with Ministry of Health & Family Welfare & WHO Country Office for India Source:...