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THE WORLD MEDICINES SITUATION 2011: MEDICINES PRICES, AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY
THE WORLD MEDICINES SITUATION 2011: MEDICINES PRICES, AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY Alexandra Cameron et al Abstract Medicine availability and prices in both public and private sectors are key indicators of access to treatment. Surveys of medicine prices and...
Supportive Supervision And Immunization Coverage: Evidence From India.
Abstract In this paper, authors have used operation definition of Supportive supervision to studying its role in improving immunization coverage in developing country settings. Comparison of immunization coverage before and after the initiation of supportive...
Social Protection for a Changing India: World Bank Publication
Social Protection for a Changing India: World Bank Publication Abstract India's surge in growth and rapid expansion in public spending in the past decade has created new possibilities for its social protection system. The growing importance of social protection (SP)...
Health care for urban poor falls through the gap: Lancet Article
Health care for urban poor falls through the gap Priya Shetty The Lancet, Volume 377, Issue 9766, Pages 627 - 628, 19 February 2011 While governments and donors focus on health care for those living in rural poverty in developing countries, the residents of the...
Human Development in India: Emerging Issues and Policy Perspectives Consultation Report
Human Development in India: Emerging Issues and Policy Perspectives Consultation Report Abstract This report captures the main proceedings of an International Consultation on ‘Human Development in India: Emerging Issues and Policy Perspectives,’ held on 5–6 February,...
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)....
Ageing faster with AIDS in Africa: The Lancet Article
Ageing faster with AIDS in Africa Authors: J Mills, Edward; Rammohan, Anu; Awofeso,Niyi The Lancet, Volume 377, Issue 9772, Pages 1131 - 1133, 2 April 2011 Abstract This paper, published by The Lancet, contends that as the AIDS epidemic matures, evidence is emerging...
128 kids died after vaccine in 2010, govt can’t say why
128 kids died after vaccine in 2010, govt can't say why Arun RamArun Ram, TNN | May 29, 2011, 11.53pm IST CHENNAI: More children in India are dying every year soon after being vaccinated, and the government has no clue why. Union health ministry statistics obtained...
Replacing Food Pyramid with a Healthy Plate
Replacing Food Pyramid with a Healthy Plate Source: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/743889?sssdmh=dm1.692731&src=nldne A colorful four-part plate, with a side dish of dairy, has replaced the 19-year-old food pyramid as the icon of the new U.S. Dietary...
Regulatory architecture of mixed health systems
The report of a recently concluded research project: "Mapping the regulatory architecture for health care provision in mixed health systems", including case studies from two Indian states, is attached. SUMMARY LMIC Mixed Health Systems: mixed health care systems in...