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Basic Emergency Obstetric Care for mothers and newborns through 24 x 7 primary health centres A case study of three 24/7 PHCs from a high focus district in India
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
The National Rural health Mission created 24X7 Primary Health Centres in order to provide basic emergency and obstetric services to women. The current study looked into how far the above NRHM objective has been met. Our ...
Midwifery education within the integrated nursing and midwifery programmes in India
(Indian Institute of Managment, Ahmedabad, 2014)
Staff nurses (nurse-midwives) in India are expected to provide normal birth services in health facilities under the maternal health strategy of the National Rural Health Mission. Under the integrated nursing and midwifery ...
Prevention of postpartum infections using ‘Appreciative Inquiry’
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2014)
The objective of the present study was to explore how infection rates in study hospitals were affected by an intervention in six intervention hospitals in Gujarat, India. Infection control practices, human resource management, ...
Computer simulation of hospital systems
(2009-12-14)
Hospital Management is an area of considerable importance to governments health authorities and the general population. Governments all over the world are concerned about providing quality health care to their people. The ...
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 ...
Urban health status in ahmedabad city: GIS based study of baherampura, kubernagar, and vasna wards
(2010-07-26)
In this working paper, we discuss our initiatives in a pilot study of urban health management in Ahmedabad city, the seventh largest mega city in India with a population of 3.5 million consisting of 1.5 million people ...
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 ...
Impact of computerisation in Indian railways
(2010-07-27)
Indian Railway was one of the first few government departments to introduce computers in the country. Computerisation on Indian Railways started in the late 60s with the induction of IBM 1401s in the nine zonal railways, ...
A Public Private Partnership Model for Managing Urban Health: A Study of Ahmedabad City
(2009-07-25)
Urbanization is an important demographic shift worldwide. India’s urban population of 300 million represents 30 % of its total population; with the slum population in urban cities registering a 5 % growth in the last few ...