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Management of Blood Transfusion Services in India: An Illustrative Study of Maharashtra and Gujarat States
(2010-07-22)
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 ...
Health system in India: opportunities and challenges for improvement
(2010-04-03)
Health and Socio-economic developments are so closely intertwined that is impossible to achieve one without the other. While the economic development in India has been gaining momentum over the last decade, our health ...
Why Should 5000 Children Die in India Every Day? Major Causes and Managerial Challenges
(2011-05-26)
This paper brings out the nature and magnitude of child deaths in India and observations on the management of some of the national programmes of the government of India.
It also highlights certain managerial challenges ...
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 ...
Maternal health situation in India: a case study
(Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2010-11-11)
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 live births ...
Using ‘appreciative inquiry’ in India to improve infection control practices in maternity care: a qualitative study
(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 ...
An evaluation of mid-day meal scheme
(Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, 2012)
With the twin objectives of improving health and education of the poor children, India has
embarked upon an ambitious scheme of providing mid day meals (MDM) in the government and
government-assisted primary schools. ...