Browsing Working Papers by Author "Mavalankar, Dileep"
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Assessing the Regional and District Capacity for Operationalizing Emergency Obstetric Care through First Referral Units in Gujarat
Raman, Parvathy; Sharma, Bharati; Mavalankar, Dileep; Upadhyaya, Mudita (2011-05-26)This study is part of a larger project for strengthening midwifery and Emergency obstetric care in India. The study apart from giving an in-depth insight into the functioning of various health facilities highlights the ... -
Building the infrastructure to reach and care for the poor: trends, obstacles and strategies to overcome them
Mavalankar, Dileep; Ramani, K. V.; Patel, Amit; Sankar, Parvathy (2010-07-26)Infrastructure forms a critical part of health service delivery in any country. Availability, Accessibility, Affordability, Equity, Efficiency and Quality of MNH services highly depend on the distribution, functionality ... -
Can PHC system in India deliver emergency obstetric Care? a management perspective on safe motherhood programme
Mavalankar, Dileep (2010-03-28)India has an extensive network of hospitals and health centers with a large field staff in the government sector which has been providing primary health care. Of late this infrastructure has been effective in delivering ... -
Chikungunya Epidemic Mortality in India: Lessons from “17th Century Bills of Mortality” still relevant
Mavalankar, Dileep; Shastri, Priya; Ramani, K. V. (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 ... -
Chikungunya Fever:A Killer Epidemic in Ahmedabad City, India
Mavalankar, Dileep; Shastri, Priya; Parmar, Jeram; Ramani, K. V. (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, ... -
Current problems of family welfare programme administration and principles and techniques of management applicable to family welfare and reproductive health programme
Mavalankar, Dileep (2010-03-31)We have identified several key problems in the family welfare programme. Many of these problems are not peculiar to the health programme but are problems of general administration of the Government. Hence along with specific ... -
Health policy processes in Gujarat: A case study of the Policy for Independent Nurse Practitioners in Midwifery
Sharma, Bharati; Mavalankar, Dileep (2013-11-21)Background: The policy processes of the policy on ‘Nurse practitioners in midwifery’ (NPM) are described. The policy aims to educate and create a new cadre of competent midwives in the government hospitals as an alternate ... -
Health system in India: opportunities and challenges for improvement
Ramani, K. V.; Mavalankar, Dileep (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 ... -
How many rupees worth of medicine does One need? comparison of medicine budgets in PHCs and expenditure on medicines for government employees
Mavalankar, Dileep (2009-12-12)India has developed a large infrastructure for primary health care (PHC) unfortunately this infrastructure has not delivered results expected out of it. More and more clients are moving away from public to private health ... -
Human resource issues in maternal and neonatal health in india
Maheshwari, Sunil; Mavalankar, Dileep (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016-04-05)One in seven women die from complications related to pregnancy or delivery in some of the African countries, compared to one in many thousands in Europe and North America. More than 95 per cent of maternal deaths occur in ... -
Implementing a Public Private Partnership Model for Managing Urban Health in Ahmedabad
Patel, Amit; Ramani, K. V.; Mavalankar, Dileep; Agarwal, Anurag K.; Maiya, Shilpa; Nayak, Beena (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) ... -
Indian plague epidemic: unanswered questions and key lessons
Mavalankar, Dileep (2010-04-05)This paper briefly recapitulates the events during the recent plague epidemic in India with specific focus on suspected pneumonic plague cases in Surat City. The paper discusses three key questions which are as yet unanswered. ... -
Lessons from Massive Floods of 2006 in Surat City: A framework for Application of MS/OR Techniques to Improve Dam Management to Prevent Flood
Mavalankar, Dileep (2009-07-29)In the month of August 2006, a massive flood in the city of Surat caused major human tragedy and property damage estimated at Rs 22,000 crore. Floods also lead to loss of human and animal life and threat of epidemic. The ... -
Management Capacity Assessment for National Health Programs: A study of RCH Program in Gujarat State
Ramani, K. V.; Mavalankar, Dileep (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 ... -
Management of Blood Transfusion Services in India: An Illustrative Study of Maharashtra and Gujarat States
Ramani, K. V.; Mavalankar, Dileep; Govil, Dipti (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 ... -
Managerial Challenges in Addressing HIV/AIDS: Gujarat State AIDS Control Society (GSACS)
Ramani, K. V.; Mavalankar, Dileep; Tirupati, Devanath; Sherry Chand, Vijaya (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 ... -
Managing Equipment for Emergency Obstetric Care in Rural Hospitals
Mavalankar, Dileep; Raman, Parvathy; Dwivedi, Hemant; Jain, M. L. (2009-09-05)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. ... -
Maternal Health Situation in India: A Case Study
Vora, Kranti S.; Mavalankar, Dileep; Ramani, K. V.; Upadhyaya, Mudita; Sharma, Bharati (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 ... -
Micro level planning methodology for primary health care services
Satia, J. K.; Mavalankar, Dileep; Sharma, Bharati (2010-03-24)This paper describes a micro-level planning methodology for primary health care service which has been developed and tested in India. As compared to current top-down target-based planning, the methodology uses village level ... -
Mid Day Meal Scheme: Understanding Critical Issues with Reference to Ahmedabad City
Deodhar, Satish Y.; Mahandiratta, Sweta; Ramani, K. V.; Mavalankar, Dileep; Ghosh, Sandip; Braganza, Vincent S. J. (2009-08-13)