India’s main public health programmes, aimed at millions of rural poor, have been in disarray for months because the government changed the way that over $1.3 billion in federal funds were distributed, according to data and letters seen by Reuters.In a bid last...
Maternal Mortality in India: Causes and Healthcare Service Use Based on a Nationally Representative Survey Ann L. Montgomery, Plos One,2014 Background Data on cause-specific mortality, skilled birth attendance, and emergency obstetric care access are essential to plan...
Why Some Doctors Serve in Rural Areas: A Qualitative Assessment from Chhattisgarh State- Research Report from PHFI Source: http://www.phfi.org/downloads/pdf/Report_WhyDoctorsStay.pdf Abstract The global problem of the unequal distribution of the health workforce...
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...
Indian approaches to retaining skilled health workers in rural areas Thiagarajan Sundararamana & Garima Guptaa Abstract Problem The lack of skilled service providers in rural areas of India has emerged as the most important constraint in achieving universal health...
