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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 ...
Implementing a Public Private Partnership Model for Managing Urban Health in Ahmedabad
(2009-08-03)
Governments in many developing countries acknowledge they are facing difficulties in their attempt to meet the basic health needs of their populations. They rely on contracting out to private (for-profit and not-for-profit) ...
Chikungunya Fever:A Killer Epidemic in Ahmedabad City, India
(2009-08-22)
Background:
The Chikungunya virus is an alphavirus native to tropical Africa and Asia and is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes. The symptoms of Chikungunya include sudden onset of fever, ...
Chikungunya Epidemic Mortality in India: Lessons from “17th Century Bills of Mortality” still relevant
(2009-07-25)
Chikungunya is a virus spread by the bite of the Aedes mosquito, which recently reemerged as a massive epidemic in the Indian Ocean islands and India. Chikungunya is generally considered self-limiting and has been reported ...
Managerial Challenges in Addressing HIV/AIDS: Gujarat State AIDS Control Society (GSACS)
(2009-07-30)
The spread of HIV/AIDS is not merely a problem of public health; it is also an economic, political, and social challenge that threatens to hinder decades of progress in different parts of Gujarat. There is an urgent need ...
Management Capacity Assessment for National Health Programs: A study of RCH Program in Gujarat State
(2009-08-13)
We would like to acknowledge the financial support from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India for carrying out this study.
We would like to thank the Gujarat State Department of Health and ...
Maternal Health Situation in India: A Case Study
(2009-08-03)
Maternal Health Services are one of the basic health services to be provided by nay government health system as pregnant women are one of the most vulnerable victims of dysfunctional health system, India, in spite of rapid ...