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Challenges and Opportunities in a Trillion Dollar Economy
C, Chakrabarty K - eSocialSciences - 2011
The Indian economy reached the trillion US dollar GDP milestone in 2007 and joined other countries of the trillion … dollar club, namely, the US, UK, Japan, Germany, China, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Brazil and Russia. In fact, over the … the Indian economy would cross the US dollar 3.4 trillion mark by 2015-16, that is, well within the span of the ensuing …
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Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding
eSocialSciences; World Health Organisation (WHO) - 2013
In under-resourced settings, where sanitation and safe water are often lacking, breastfeeding can be life-saving. Breastfeeding protects against infectious diseases, especially gastrointestinal infections, which largely contribute to child morbidity and mortality in developing countries (1)....
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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
economy to a market economy. But today the total number of private sector providers is quite few, because the government does …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543099
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National Health Accounts, 2001-02
eSocialSciences; National Health Acounts Cell NHA Cell - 2007
National Health Accounts (NHA) is a tried and tested tool for summarizing, describing, and analyzing the financing of national health systems. The estimates prepared provide clues regarding the essential steps to be taken for better use of health financing to improve health system performance. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699056
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The Effects of Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation on Diarrhoeal Diseases Among Children in Rural Orissa
Panda, Pradeep Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper investigates the effects of safe drinking water and sanitation on diarrhoeal diseases among children in rural Orissa. [Working Paer No. 278]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008690938
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Union Budget 2014: Budgetary Resources for Public Goods
Salve, Aarti - eSocialSciences - 2014
India’s health policy has focused on primary health centers and hospitals. The numbers of hospital beds, doctors, and nurses per 1000 persons have often been treated less as inputs and more as measures of success of the health policy. Health outcomes such as a reduction in cases of...
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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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Tobacco Control in Schools in India (India Global Youth Tobacco Survey & Global School Personnel Survey, 2006)
SInha, Dhirendra Narain - eSocialSciences - 2008
India Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 2006 and Global School Personnel Survey (GSPS) 2006 were undertaken region-wise, namely, North, South, East, West, Central and North East, covering 99.7% of the total population of India. Altogether, 12,086 students and 2,926 school personnel from 180...
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HIV Prevention in Vulnerable Indian States: Lessons from the Chayan Project
CARE, CARE - eSocialSciences - 2009
This document highlights the results and associated processes from Chayan’s implementation experience under the RACHNA program. The programmatic framework, designed for low-prevalence contexts in India, draws on standard targeted intervention approaches but is grounded in community-based...
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Aids In India
Guennif, Samira - eSocialSciences - 2009
a developing country with respect to Aids in India. It also focusses on its preventive measures, status of the epidemic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004972723