Poor quality essential medicines, both substandard and counterfeit, are serious but neglected public health problems … differences between public health and intellectual property approaches to the problem. It is argued that public health, and not … the World Health Organization (WHO) should be encouraged and supported to take a more prominent role in improving the …

one point and draw out implications from it for actionable policies to reduce child mortality. The one point is: â …

, maternal mortality rates, among other, the author also reviews the inter-district performance of Maharashtra in health …This paper focusses on the current health profile of the state of Maharashtra, and its performance as against other … growth driven states like Tamil Nadu and Gujarat. Using parameters such as birth rate, death rate, infant mortality rate …

framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural …

Engaging and strengthening the ICDS and Health programs of the government was a major approach of the two component … effectiveness at scale. This paper describes how the INHP learnt and evolved in its strategies in engaging existing public health …

raising awareness among the health workers and community people, especially mother/caregivers about ARI, increasing capacity … of health workers in managing ARI cases in the community, and changing health-seeking behaviour of mothers for … ARI symptoms, and 238 community health workers who were actively involved in the implementation of the ARI programme. …

of AIDS mortality indicators, including numbers of AIDS deaths, the proportion of all deaths that are due to AIDS, and …