Browsing by Author "Singh, Prabal V."
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Managing maternal health care services through public private partnerships: policy issues and implications " a study of the Chiranjeevi scheme in Panchmahals district of Gujarat, India"
Singh, Prabal V. (2010)Background: The UNDP Millennium Development Goal aims at reducing the maternal mortality ratio by three-quarters between 1990 and 2015. An estimated 1.2 million children are born in the state of Gujarat each year, including ... -
Maternal health financing: Gujarat's Chiranjeevi scheme and its beneficiaries
Bhat, Ramesh; Mavalankar, Dileep; Singh, Prabal V.; Singh, Neelu (Journal of Health,Population and Nutrition, 2009-11-09)Maternal mortality is an important public-health issue in India, specifically in Gujarat. Contributing factors are the Government's inability to operationalize the First Referral Units and to provide an adequate level of ... -
NRHM: Sprint, Marathon or Stroll?
Dholakia, Ravindra H.; Singh, Prabal V.; Iyengar, Shreekant (2011-05-05) -
Providing skilled birth attendants and emergency obstetric care to the poor through partnership with private sector obstetricians in Gujarat, India
Singh, Amarjit; Mavalankar, Dileep; Bhat, Ramesh; Desai, Ajesh; Patel, S. R.; Singh, Prabal V.; Singh, Neetu (2009-04-15)Problem India has the world’s largest number of maternal deaths estimated at 117 000 per year. Past efforts to provide skilled birth attendants and emergency obstetric care in rural areas have not succeeded because ... -
Saving Mothers and Newborns Through An Innovative Partnership with Private Sector Obstetricians: Chiranjeevi Scheme of Gujarat, India
Mavalankar, Dileep; Singh, Amarjit; Patel, Sureshchandra; Desai, Ajesh; Singh, Prabal V. (2011-05-05) -
Saving mothers and newborns through an innovative partnership with private sector obstetricians: Chiranjeevi scheme of Gujarat, India
Mavalankar, Dileep; Singh, A.; Patel, S. R.; Desai, Ajesh; Singh, Prabal V. (2009-12-15)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 analysis ... -
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, Dileep; Callahan, Katie; Sriram, Veena; Singh, Prabal V.; Desai, Ajesh (2009-04-15)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) ...