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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 ...
Lessons from Massive Floods of 2006 in Surat City: A framework for Application of MS/OR Techniques to Improve Dam Management to Prevent Flood
(2009-07-29)
In the month of August 2006, a massive flood in the city of Surat caused major human tragedy and property damage estimated at Rs 22,000 crore. Floods also lead to loss of human and animal life and threat of epidemic. The ...
Management capacity assessment for national health programmes: a study of RCH programme in India
(2009-11-11)
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, and ...
Managing Equipment for Emergency Obstetric Care in Rural Hospitals
(2009-09-05)
In resource poor countries substantial sums of money, from governments and international donors, are used to purchase equipment for health facilities. WHO estimates that 50-80% of such equipment remains non-functional. ...
Management Capacity Assessment for National Health Programs: A study of RCH Program in Gujarat State
(2009-08-13)
We would like to acknowledge the financial support from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India for carrying out this study.
We would like to thank the Gujarat State Department of Health and ...
Maternal health in Gujarat, India: a case study
(Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2009-11-10)
Gujarat state of India has come a long way in improving the health indicators since independence, but progress in reducing maternal mortality has been slow and largely unmeasured or documented. This case study identified ...
Maternal health financing: Gujarat's Chiranjeevi scheme and its beneficiaries
(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 ...
Maternal Health Situation in India: A Case Study
(2009-08-03)
Maternal Health Services are one of the basic health services to be provided by nay government health system as pregnant women are one of the most vulnerable victims of dysfunctional health system, India, in spite of rapid ...
A GIS approach to plan and deliver health care services to urban poor: a public-private model for Ahmedabad city, India
(2007-11-08)
Purpose – To provide a public private partnership (PPP) model for urban health centres (UHC) in
developing countries that can be useful for urban local governments and private service providers
willing to enter into ...