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Health policy processes in Gujarat: A case study of the Policy for Independent Nurse Practitioners in Midwifery
(2013-11-21)
Background: The policy processes of the policy on ‘Nurse practitioners in midwifery’
(NPM) are described. The policy aims to educate and create a new cadre of
competent midwives in the government hospitals as an alternate ...
Provision of Emergency Obstetric Services in Rural Gujarat, India: Challenges and Solutions
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
Background: The importance of emergency obstetric services in saving mothers’ lives and the inadequacy of these services in less developed regions of the world has been documented by many agencies. The development of private ...
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, ...
Health system in India: opportunities and challenges for improvement
(2006-11-01)
Purpose – The paper seeks to show that health and socio-economic developments are so closely
intertwined that is impossible to achieve one without the other.
Design/methodology/approach – This paper sees that building ...
Innovations and challenges in reducing maternal mortality in Tamil nadu, India
(International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)
Although India has made slow progress in reducing maternal mortality, progress in Tamil Nadu has been rapid. This case study documents how Tamil Nadu has taken initiatives to improve maternal health services leading to ...
Maternal health situation in India: A case study
(International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)
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 ...