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, morbidities and mortality in India. We draw upon the surveillance experience of four selected States of India namely Uttar Pradesh …This paper describes the status, challenges and scope for strengthening surveillance of chronic disease risk factors … systematic population-based chronic disease surveillance in India. Although there are no immediate policy goals to ensure …
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There is increasing recognition that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an important international and development issue globally, undermining health gains and imposing financial and economic costs on governments and households. NCDs are an important health challenge in the Pacific. First,...
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This study uses individual data from civil registration and inpatient record from all public hospitals. The civil registration contains data about individual’s personal identification (PID), parent’s PID, date of birth, date of death, cause of death, place of birth, place of death and...
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In this paper we show that omitted variables and publication bias lead to severely biased estimates of the value of a statistical life. Although our empirical results are obtained in the context of a study of choices about road safety, we suspect that the same issues plague the estimation of...
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with 1–2 weeks later arrival and no detectable reduction in final mortality. The case for permanent limits on international …
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to make a health system transition and get engaged in the prevention of risk factors, morbidity and mortality related to … premature mortality. In India, 66 percent of all deaths are premature. The burden of premature mortality has shifted from child …-à-vis the former level. Nevertheless, primary health systems continue to focus almost exclusively on child mortality. They need …
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-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to show that early adoption of NPIs is correlated to lower infection and mortality rates. However, due to the …
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While universal health coverage (UHC) offers a powerful goal for a nation, all countries-irrespective of income are struggling with achieving or sustaining UHC. France is a high-income country where HC is in effect universal. Health-related costs are covered by a mix of mandatory social health...
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morbidity and mortality in India, there are few large-scale, organized cervical cancer prevention programs in the country. We …Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in India, accounting for 17 percent of all cancer deaths among …
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