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Gender and workplace experiences: a comment from health perspective
(2009-10-15)
Men are dominant, women are subservient;” “Men are aggressive, women
are passive;” “Men are agentic, women are communal;” “Men are
power-centric, women are person-centric;” “Men are single-focused,
women are multi-focused;” ...
Provision of anesthesia services for emergency obstetric care through task shifting in South Asia
(2011-05-03)
Anaesthesia is required for certain procedures in emergency obstetric care, such as
caesarean section and the repair of ruptured uterus. Task shifting for provision of anaesthesia has
been implemented in public sector ...
Chikungunya epidemic related mortality
(2011-09-07)
Port Blair, the capital city of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the
republic of India, witnessed an outbreak of chikungunya (CHIK) fever in 2006. Although no
deaths attributable to CHIK fever were ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...