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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 ...
Suitability of micro computers for data processing
(1980-08-16)
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 ...
Operational research in Indian railways
(1992-09-30)
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. ...
A graphics based computer aided learning package for integer programming: the branch and bound algorithm
(1994-10-06)
In this paper, we discuss a graphics based computer-aided learning program INTEGER for
understanding the Branch and Bound algorithm for solving integer programming problems. It presents
the algorithm step by step, by ...
Do the pre-service education programmes for midwives in India prepare confident 'registered midwives'? a survey from India
(Global Health Action. 2015; 8: 10., 2015)
The graduates of the diploma and degree programmes of nursing and midwifery in India are considered skilled birth attendants (SBAs). This paper aimed to assess the confidence of final-year students from pre-service education ...
The effect of surveillance and appreciative inquiry on puerperal infections: a longitudinal cohort study in India
(PLoS ONE, 2014)
Objective: To evaluate the effects of an intervention comprising surveillance and an organisational change called Appreciative Inquiry on puerperal infections in hospitals in Gujarat state, India. Methods: This longitudinal ...
Coherence between health policy and human resource strategy: lessons from maternal health in Vietnam, India and China
(Health Policy & Planning, 2013)
The failure to meet health goals such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) is partly due to the lack of appropriate resources for the effective implementation of health policies. The lack of coherence between the ...