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Managing equipment for emergency obstetric care in rural hospitals
(2004-10-25)
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. ...
Quality of care in institutional deliveries: the paradox of the Dominican Republic: a commentary on management
(2003-10-22)
Quality of service has two main dimensions.
First, service should meet accepted standards or
norms.Second, service should please clients.In
medical and health services the first—the technical
dimension—is dominant.This ...
Case study of Tamil Nadu: innovations and challenges in reducing maternal mortality
(Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition, 2009-11-10)
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 ...
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 ...
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
(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 ...
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 ...
Going to scale with professional skilled care
(2006-10-29)
Because most women prefer professionally provided maternity care when they have access to it, and since the needed
clinical interventions are well known, we discuss in their paper what is needed to move forward from ...
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 ...