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Pregnancy wastage among HIV infected women in a high HIV prevalence district of India
Pregnancy wastage among HIV infected women in a high HIV prevalence district of India Shiva S. Halli et al BMC Public Health 2015 Background Bagalkot district in Karnataka state is one of the highest HIV prevalence districts in India. A large proportion of the girls...
Developing locally contextual Psychological Treatment strategies
Dear All, Happy to share our recent study on evaluating of the process of developing locally contextual 'Psychological Treatment strategies' in developing country settings. Vellakkal S, Patel V (2015) Designing Psychological Treatments for Scalability: The PREMIUM...
Deaths from acute abdominal conditions and geographical access to surgical care in India: a nationally representative spatial analysis
Deaths from acute abdominal conditions and geographical access to surgical care in India: a nationally representative spatial analysis Anna J Dare et al Lancet Global Health Background Few population-based studies quantify mortality from surgical conditions and relate...
Barriers to Point-of-Care Testing in India: Results from Qualitative Research across Different Settings, Users and Major Diseases
Barriers to Point-of-Care Testing in India: Results from Qualitative Research across Different Settings, Users and Major Diseases Nora Engel et al Plos One August 14, 2015 Abstract Background Successful point-of-care testing, namely ensuring the completion of the test...
RHS 2015
Dear all, RHS - 2015 is out. This time it has data for training centers also. You can download the report from...
Introducing the Journal of Health Systems (JHS)
Dear Members Health Systems Research India Initiative is proud to introduce Journal of Health Systems (JHS)- a peer reviewed open access journal and the article submission portal, http://jhs.hsrii.org/submit The Health Systems approach calls for a multi-dimensional...
Barriers to Progress on Maternal and Child Health
Please find enclosed the link to a paper in which I explore whether our very focus on MCH is now delaying our progress on achieving MCH goals: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2648846 – would be grateful for any comments and guidance.
Socio-Economic Differentials in Impoverishment Effects of Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure in China and India: Evidence from WHO SAGE
Socio-Economic Differentials in Impoverishment Effects of Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure in China and India: Evidence from WHO SAGE Kaushalendra Kumar et al PLOS One Abstract Background and Objectives The provision of affordable health care is generally considered a...
Financing and Provision of Healthcare
Please find enclosed the link to a paper in which we explore if it is indeed the best proposition to aim for a 100% tax financed and 100% government provided health system (the 100-100 option) which only Cuba has successfully adopted or if more alternatives need to be...
Japanese Encephalitis in Assam, India: Need to Increase Healthcare Workers’ Understanding to Improve Health Care
Japanese Encephalitis in Assam, India: Need to Increase Healthcare Workers’ Understanding to Improve Health Care Akram Ahmad et al,PLOS One Abstract Introduction Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a major cause of high morbidity and mortality in several states across...