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A study of blood transfusion services in Maharashtra and Gujarat states, India
(Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2009-11-11)
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 ...
A management information system to plan and monitor essential commodities in India
(1987-09-23)
A MIS was designed ass developed for the state government in India to help- them plan and monitor to distribution of essential commodities. The system was pilot tested in the field, and reports were generated on a PDP 11/70 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
DHL goes open : case study
(2010-10-05)
DHL is the market leader in the worldwide air express industry. During the late
1980s DHL moved to an open architecture based on Unix for all its operations
worldwide. The business benefits of this move have been recognized ...
Graphics based instructional software for decision tree analysis using Bayesian methodology
(1992-10-01)
We have designed and developed a graphics based software package “BAYES” to demonstrate
the Bayesian methodology (before and after sampling) for solving decision problems under uncertainty
involving two decision alternatives. ...