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Management capacity assessment for national health programmes: a study of RCH programme in India
(Journal of Health Organization and Management, 2009-05-03)
Purpose
– This paper aims to focus on the management capacity assessment of the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) program at the state level.
Design/methodology/approach
– Based on an extensive literature survey, ...
Study of blood-transfusion services in Maharashtra and Gujarat states, India
(2009-05-04)
Blood-transfusion services are vital to maternal health because haemorrhage and anaemia are major causes
of maternal death in South Asia. Unfortunately, due to continued governmental negligence, blood-transfusion
services ...
Maternal health in Gujarat, India: a case study
(2009-05-03)
Since the beginning of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, India has accounted for at least a quarter of maternal deaths reported globally. India’s goal is to lower maternal mortality to less than 100 per 100,000 livebirths ...
Maternal health situation in India: a case study
(2009-04-15)
Since the beginning of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, India has accounted for at least a quarter of maternal
deaths reported globally. India’s goal is to lower maternal mortality to less than 100 per 100,000 livebirths
but ...
A study of blood transfusion services in Maharashtra and Gujarat states, India
(Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2009-11-11)
Blood-transfusion services are vital to maternal health because haemorrhage and anaemia are major causes of maternal death in South Asia. Unfortunately, due to continued governmental negligence, blood-transfusion services ...
A Public Private Partnership Model for Managing Urban Health: A Study of Ahmedabad City
(2009-07-25)
Urbanization is an important demographic shift worldwide. India’s urban population of 300 million represents 30 % of its total population; with the slum population in urban cities registering a 5 % growth in the last few ...
Implementing a Public Private Partnership Model for Managing Urban Health in Ahmedabad
(2009-08-03)
Governments in many developing countries acknowledge they are facing difficulties in their attempt to meet the basic health needs of their populations. They rely on contracting out to private (for-profit and not-for-profit) ...
Chikungunya Fever:A Killer Epidemic in Ahmedabad City, India
(2009-08-22)
Background:
The Chikungunya virus is an alphavirus native to tropical Africa and Asia and is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes. The symptoms of Chikungunya include sudden onset of fever, ...
Chikungunya Epidemic Mortality in India: Lessons from “17th Century Bills of Mortality” still relevant
(2009-07-25)
Chikungunya is a virus spread by the bite of the Aedes mosquito, which recently reemerged as a massive epidemic in the Indian Ocean islands and India. Chikungunya is generally considered self-limiting and has been reported ...
Managerial Challenges in Addressing HIV/AIDS: Gujarat State AIDS Control Society (GSACS)
(2009-07-30)
The spread of HIV/AIDS is not merely a problem of public health; it is also an economic, political, and social challenge that threatens to hinder decades of progress in different parts of Gujarat. There is an urgent need ...