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 …

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

, 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 …

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 …

Understanding how mortality and fertility are linked is essential to the study of population dynamics. The fertility … response to an unanticipated mortality shock is investigated that resulted from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed … population-representative multilevel longitudinal data, a behavioral fertility response to mortality exposure is identified, both …

A new survey finds that only 17 drugs are under active development for maternal health indications, which is less than … 3% of the pipeline in cardiovascular health (660 drugs). The international agencies have forgotten pregnant women. Given …

Mortality rates have fallen dramatically over time, starting in a few countries in the 18th century, and continuing to … fall today. In just the past century, life expectancy has increased by over 30 years. At the same time, mortality rates … years. This difference persists despite the remarkable progress in health improvement in the last half century, at least …