Health

Can community-based health insurance nudge preventive health behaviours? evidence from rural Uganda

Community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes have emerged as strong pathways to universal health coverage in developing countries. Their examination has largely focussed on their impacts on financial protection and on the utilisation of curative health services.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2019
Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo, Essa Chanie Mussa, Nathan Nshakira, Nicolas Gerber, Joachim von Braun
Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Tags:
Health Insurance, Rural Health, Uganda, Africa
Health

Impact of community-based health insurance on child health outcomes: evidence on stunting from Rural Uganda

While community-based health insurance (CBHI) becomes increasingly integrated into health systems in developing countries, there is still limited research and evidence on its probable health impacts beyond its functions for health financing or for facilitating access to services.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2019
Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo, Essa Chanie Mussa, Nicolas Gerber, Joachim von Braun
Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Tags:
Child Health, Health Insurance, Uganda, Africa, Rural Health
Climate Change

Heat stress: vulnerability, health impacts, and coping strategies in rural communities in the semi-arid region of Maharashtra, India

Increasing temperatures are likely to impact human health. An increase in severe heat wave days and heat mortalities has been observed in India over the past few decades. A report by National Disaster Management Authority states that about 22,562 heat related deaths were reported between the periods 1992 to 2015.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2018
Adithya Pradyumna, Ramkumar Bendapudi, Dipak Zade, Marcella D’Souza
Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA)
Tags:
Heat Waves, Rural Health, Maharashtra, India, Jalna (D), Health Effects
Health

40 special teams to monitor anti-dengue operations

People warned against approaching quacks for treatment

Publication Date: 
13/07/2018
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Panchayats, Rural Health, Health
Health

Digital tools can help bridge India's healthcare gap: Survey

India is facing an acute shortage of skilled healthcare professionals and hospital beds, and the situation can change if doctors embrace Artificial Intellignence (AI)-driven devices and wearables/a

Publication Date: 
11/07/2018
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health Care, Rural Health, Health Education, Health
Health

Equitable healthcare is still a far cry in rural India

High cost of medicines and treatment cited as a reason

Publication Date: 
09/07/2018
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Health Policy, Health Care, Rural Health, Poverty, Health
Health

Strides Shasun gets WHO pre-qualification for its rectal artesunate product

Drug firm Strides Shasun today said it has received pre-qualification from the World Health Organization (WHO) for its rectal artesunate product for the pre-referral management of severe malaria.

Publication Date: 
22/06/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Malaria, Vector Borne Diseases, Drugs, WHO, Rural Health, Health
Health

Houseowners to pay penalty for ‘mosquito-breeding’ spots

JAIPUR: Facing the shame of reporting highest number of swine flu and dengue cases early this year in the country, the state government has come out with strict provisions for doctors and people to

Publication Date: 
30/05/2018
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Dengue, Malaria, Vector Borne Diseases, Swine Flu, Rural Health, Health
Health

Evaluation of a training program of hypertension for accredited social health activists (ASHA) in rural India

Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, a leading cause of premature death and disability in India. Since access to health services is poor in rural India and Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) are available throughout India for maternal and child health, a potential solution for improving hypertension control is by utilising this available workforce.

Publication Date: 
02/05/2018
Marwa Abdel-All, Amanda Gay Thrift, Michaela Riddell & et al
BMC Health Services Research
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Tags:
Heart Diseases, Health Personnel, India, Rural Health, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (D)
Health

Villagers walk over 40 km to clinic, says NSA

Windhoek-Some Namibians seeking basic medical care walk up to 40 km to reach the nearest public health facility, a Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) report revealed.

Publication Date: 
23/03/2018
New Era (Namibia)
Tags:
Health, Health Care, Namibia, Rural Health, Africa

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