PUBLICATIONS
Transforming Health Markets in Asia and Africa
Improving quality and access for the poor Edited by Gerald Bloom, Barun Kanjilal, Henry Lucas, David Peters Published 9th August 2012 by Routledge – 198 pages Series: Pathways to Sustainability Series There has been a dramatic spread of health markets in much...
Article on financial access to healthcare through JSY in India
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Demand side financing (DSF) is a widely employed strategy to enhance utilization of healthcare. The impact of DSF on health care seeking in general and that of maternal care in particular is already known. Yet, its effect on financial access to...
Article on performance motivation of ASHA
Abstract OBJECTIVE: This study examined the performance motivation of community health workers (CHWs) and its determinants on India's Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) programme. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study employing mixed-methods approach involved...
Healthcare Law in the US and the RTE in India Steps towards Universal Provision of Social Goods
Economic and Political Weekly Vol - XLVII No. 35, September 01, 2012 | Sudhir Krishnaswamy and Arjun Jayadev Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of India upheld the constitutional validity of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 and...
A ‘Twisted’ Health Scheme-EPW Editorial
A 'Twisted' Health Scheme Editorial- Economic and Political Weekly Vol - XLVII No. 38, September 22, 2012 State health insurance schemes are being abused to profi t private care providers. The “uterus removal scams” in Chhattisgarh and Bihar that came to light...
Improving Tribal Populations’ Access to Health Services: Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu
India’s poor tribal people have far worse health indicators than the general population. Most tribal people live in remote rural hamlets in hilly, forested or desert areas where illiteracy, trying physical environments, malnutrition, inadequate access to potable...
Women’s Perception of Quality and Satisfaction with Maternal Health Services-Study Report by PHFI
Women’s Perception of Quality and Satisfaction with Maternal Health Services Study Report by PHFI,USAID & MCH Star Abstract India has made significant progress in decreasing the maternal mortality rate (MMR) from 437 in 1992-1993 to 212 in 2007-09 [IIPS 1995, ORGCC...
Determinants of the prevalence of diarrhoea in adolescents attending school: A case study of an Indian village school
Determinants of the prevalence of diarrhoea in adolescents attending school: A case study of an Indian village school Ramani, Shyama V. et al UNU-MERIT Working Papers Abstract In developing countries, including India, diarrhoea is a leading killer throughout the age...
Doctors in Entrepreneurial Gowns:EPW Article
Doctors in Entrepreneurial Gowns Sanjay Nagral Vol - XLVII No. 36, September 08, 2012 The Indian Medical Association has morphed into a body representing the trade and commerce of medicine rather than the practice of medicine as a whole. Given the increasingly...
State health insurance and out-of-pocket health expenditures in Andhra Pradesh, India
State health insurance and out-of-pocket health expenditures in Andhra Pradesh, India Victoria Y. Fan · Anup Karan · Ajay Mahal In 2007 the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India began rolling out Aarogyasri health insurance to reduce catastrophic health...