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The Primacy of Public Health Considerations in Defining Poor Quality Medicines

Newton, Paul N; Amin, Abdinasir A - eSocialSciences - 2012

Poor quality essential medicines, both substandard and counterfeit, are serious but neglected public health problems. Anti-infective medicines are particularly afflicted. Unfortunately, attempts to improve medicine quality have been hampered by confusion and controversy over definitions. For...

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Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2010

Registrar General, India - eSocialSciences - 2012

households and 7.3 million population. It has continued to be the main source of information on fertility and mortality …

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Gender Planning, Budgeting and Auditing

Vijayan, Aleyamma; J, Daya; S, Jayasree; S, Chandrika C; … - eSocialSciences - 2008

This manual is intended to help local governments to uphold the human rights of women, by involving them in identifying their needs and with their participation, to find possible solutions and move towards action. This manual details the processes of gender planning, budgeting and auditing in...

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Maternal Morbidity in Rural Andhra Pradesh

Padma, G Rama - eSocialSciences - 2008

Pregnency constitutes a high risk of morbidity and mortality due to associated psychological stress. Many women do not … to assess the extent of maternal morbidity and assess the factors responsible for it in rural Andhra Pradesh. An attempt …

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Averting an Impending Storm: Can We Reengineer Health Systems to Meet the Needs of Aging Populations?

Bierman, Arlene S - eSocialSciences - 2012

The proportion of elderly in the world population is increasing. Health systems across the globe are ill prepared to meet the needs of aging populations. The needs of the elderly are different from the rest of the population. There is a need to reengineer the health systems so that the health...

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Rural Health Services at Cross-Roads: Insights from Gujarat

Sinha, Ratnawali - eSocialSciences - 2009

The objective of the paper is to i) understand and document the morbidity profile, ii) examine utilisation of health …

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Compensating Wages for Occupational Risks of Farm Workers in India

P, Indira Devi; Shanmugam, K R; Jayasree, M. - eSocialSciences - 2013

Farm workers incur various occupational related risks. The question is whether they are adequately compensated for facing these risks? This paper attempts to measure the wage premiums that farm workers in India receive for health risks associated with their jobs, using a primary survey data...

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An Explanatory Analysis of Deprivation and Ill Health Led Poverty in Urban India: A Case Study of Delhi

Chowdhury, Samik; Mehta, Aasha Kapur; Das, Suparna; … - eSocialSciences - 2013

history of ailment, located in two slum clusters of Delhi. The paper explores the patterns of morbidity, health care …

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Morbidity Patterns In Kerala: Levels and Determinants

K, Navaneetham; Kabir, M; Krishnakumar, C S - eSocialSciences - 2009

This paper examines the levels, patterns, and determinants of morbidity in Kerala. This study is based on a community … 3320 households having 17071 individuals in all age groups. Reported morbidity was captured for a period of fifteen days … prior to the data of survey. Life course analysis was performed to understand the risk of morbidity at various stages, like …

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Relevance of Trained Traditional Birth Attendants in Maternal Health Case Study of Tehri Garhwal District Uttaranchal State

Singh, Pratibha Esther - eSocialSciences - 2009

. The RCH surveys consist of sample sizes adequate at the district level to obtain estimates of reproductive morbidity. The …

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