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Priority-Setting in Health: Building Institutions for Smarter Public Spending
Glassman, Amanda; Chalkidou, Kalipso - eSocialSciences - 2012
Creating and developing fair and evidence-based national and global systems to more rationally set priorities for public spending on health. An interim secretariat should be there to incubate a global health technology assessment facility designed to help governments develop national systems and...
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Dual Practice by Public Health Providers in Shandong and Sichuan Provinces, China
Meng, Qingyue; Jan, Stephen; Bian, Ying; Sun, Qiang; … - eSocialSciences - 2009
Private practice in the health sector was re-introduced from 1980, when China began its economic reform from a planned economy to a market economy. But today the total number of private sector providers is quite few, because the government does not encourage the growth of private sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543099
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India's Public Distribution System: A National and International Perspective
Radhakrishna, R.; Subbarao, K.; Indrakant, S.; Ravi, C. - eSocialSciences - 2014
This study examines the impact of India's Public Distribution System (PDS) on poor households in terms of income gains … gains of PDS in terms of income transfer were very meager and the impact on poverty and nutritional status minimal. The … PDS developments and their likely impacts on the poor. The study measures the extent of income transfer. It also assesses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945528
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Persistent Inequality: An Explanation Based on Limited Parental Altruism
Das, Mausumi - eSocialSciences - 2008
This paper provides an explanation for the observed persistence in income inequality across households in terms limited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341789
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Delhi State Budget 2013—2014 Disappoints Children Once Again
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2013
On the 20th of March 2013, the Honorable Chief Minister of Delhi presented her budget to the Legislative Assembly. What did she have in it for children? The budget has to be analysed in the light of the situation of children in the National Capital Territory. [HAQCRC]....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945345
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In the Name of Science and Public Health: Concerns about the Safety of Pentavalent Vaccine
Rights, PUDR Peoples Union for Democratic - eSocialSciences - 2014
This report provides information on the policy and implementation of immunization in India. A description of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945367
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The Socio-Economic Determinants Behind Infant Mortality and Maternal Mortality
Innovation, Indian Trust for; ITISC, Social Change - eSocialSciences - 2009
A qualitative study was conducted in the six states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Haryana to understand the socio-economic, cultural and demographic features accelatrating Infant Mortality rate and Maternal Mortality Rate.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008496178
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Participation in the Multiagency Review of the Immunization Programme in India
Steinglass, Robert - eSocialSciences - 2008
A multi-partner EPI Review in India was conducted to help influence the practices of routine immunization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528300
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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Gender Budget 2011-12
BMC, Municipal Commissioner - eSocialSciences - 2011
The Corporation has decided to implement various schemes for females within the framework of its obligatory and discretionary functions as laid down in the M.M.C. Act. A step towards it, is a separate provision in the Budget Estimates for the year 2011-12. This provision is to be utilized for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002260
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Public Health Policy Making and Drug Industry: Issues in Knowledge Legitimation
Srinivasan, S - eSocialSciences - 2007
public health policies affecting millions as is seen in the following: The fiat of an almost compulsory vaccination schema or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487672