Browsing by Author "Mavalankar D."
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Gender and workplace experience
Saxena R.; Bhatnagar D.; Kannan G.; Gupta V.; Mavalankar D.; Dev R.; Vohra N.; Bhatia A.; Nanavaty R.; Deo A.N.S.; Shivashankar S.; Gupta V.; Sircar S.; Gore I.; Chakraborty C.; Kaul A.; Mishra S. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2009) -
Increased mortality rate associated with chikungunya epidemic, Ahmedabad, India
Mavalankar D.; Shastri P.; Bandyopadhyay T.; Parmar J.; Ramani K.V. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2008)In 2005-2006, R閡nion Island in the Indian Ocean reported ?266,000 cases of chikungunya; 254 were fatal (case-fatality rate 1/1,000). India reported 1.39 million cases of chikungunya fever in 2006 with no attributable deaths; ... -
Provision of anaesthesia services for emergency obstetric care through task shifting in South Asia
Mavalankar D.; Sriram V. (2009)Anaesthesia is required for certain procedures in emergency obstetric care, such as caesarean section and the repair of ruptured uterus. Task shifting for provision of anaesthesia has been implemented in public sector rural ... -
Saving mothers and newborns through an innovative partnership with private sector obstetricians: Chiranjeevi scheme of Gujarat, India
Mavalankar D.; Singh A.; Patel S.R.; Desai A.; Singh P.V. (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2009)Objective: To document an innovative public-private partnership between the government of Gujarat, India and private obstetricians in rural areas that provides delivery care to the poor. Methods: This is a descriptive ... -
The effect of surveillance and appreciative inquiry on puerperal infections: A longitudinal cohort study in India
Hussein J.; Ramani K.V.; Kanguru L.; Patel K.; Bell J.; Patel P.; Walker L.; Mehta R.; Mavalankar D. (Public Library of Science, 2014)Objective: To evaluate the effects of an intervention comprising surveillance and an organisational change called Appreciative Inquiry on puerperal infections in hospitals in Gujarat state, India. Methods: This longitudinal ... -
Using 'appreciative inquiry' in India to improve infection control practices in maternity care: A qualitative study
Sharma B.; Ramani K.V.; Mavalankar D.; Kanguru L.; Hussein J. (Co-Action Publishing, 2015)Background: Infections acquired during childbirth are a common cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Changing provider behaviour and organisational settings within the health system is key to reducing ... -
Where there is no anesthetist - increasing capacity for emergency obstetric care in rural India: An evaluation of a pilot program to train general doctors
Mavalankar D.; Callahan K.; Sriram V.; Singh P.; Desai A. (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2009)Objective: The lack of anesthesia providers in rural public sector hospitals is a significant barrier to providing emergency obstetric care. In 2006, the state of Gujarat initiated the Life Saving Anesthetic Skills (LSAS) ...