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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) ...
Janani Evam Bal Suraksha Yojana: The Scheme for protection of Mother and Child in Bihar
(2010-09-06)
The goal of reducing maternal mortality is tracked through the proportion of births to skilled attendants. Janani Evam Bal Suraksha Yojana in Bihar is an initiative in this direction. The current scheme provides cash ...
Blood Transfusion Services
(2010-09-03)
Blood is a vital healthcare resource routinely used in a broad range of hospital procedures. It is also a potential vector for harmful, and sometimes fatal, infectious diseases such as HIV, HBV, and HCV. Morbidity and ...
Building the infrastructure to reach and care for the poor: trends, obstacles and strategies to overcome them
(2010-07-26)
Infrastructure forms a critical part of health service delivery in any country. Availability, Accessibility, Affordability, Equity, Efficiency and Quality of MNH services highly depend on the distribution, functionality ...
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 ...