Health

Reconciling research and implementation in micro health insurance experiments in India: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Microinsurance or Community-Based Health Insurance is a promising healthcare financing mechanism, which is increasingly applied to aid rural poor persons in low-income countries. Robust empirical evidence on the causal relations between Community-Based Health Insurance and healthcare utilisation, financial protection and other areas is scarce and necessary. This paper contains a discussion of the research design of three Cluster Randomised Controlled Trials in India to measure the impact of Community-Based Health Insurance on several outcomes.

Publication Date: 
11/10/2011
Conor Doyle, Pradeep Panda, Ellen Van de Poel & et al
Trials
12
1-15
Tags:
Health Insurance, Research, India, Health Care, Poverty, Rural Health, Kanpur (D), Uttar Pradesh, Pratapgarh, Bihar, Vaishali
Health

Mission: To place health in the hands of people

PUNE: Some 40 years ago, a child suffering from diarrhoea at Jamkhed village of Ahmednagar district would have had little chance of survival. Not anymore.

Publication Date: 
26/09/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health Care, People, Pune (D), Ahmadnagar (D), Rural Health, NGO, Waterborne diseases, Diarrhoea
Health

State gets Rs 400 cr under NRHM

Srinagar: The state has received Rs 400 crore under the National Rural Health Mission (NHRM) to improve the medical facilities in the rural areas, state Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma said today.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2011
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Rural Health, Srinagar (D), Health Care
Health

Rural health plan lessons for legislators

Shillong, Sept.

Publication Date: 
17/09/2011
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Legislation, Rural Health, Health Care, North East, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
Health

Absence of funds hits NRHM schemes

ALLAHABAD: The absence of adequate funds under National Rural Health Mission has taken toll on various projects like CCSP training and School Health Programme.

Publication Date: 
09/09/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Rural Health, Finance, Allahabad (D)
Health

Tardy progress

The rates of maternal and infant mortality have improved only marginally, according to the latest Sample Registration System.

Publication Date: 
12/08/2011
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Maternal Health, Infant mortality, Children, Rural Health, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Assam, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala
Health

5-year health plan with focus on babies

The government is drawing up a five-year health plan with focus on strengthening rural health care and bringing down the death rate of newborns and their mothers.

Publication Date: 
12/08/2011
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Child Health, Rural Health, Nutrition, Diseases, Maternal Health, Primary Health Care
Health

Health care facility hope for five Bengal districts

Calcutta, Aug.

Publication Date: 
08/08/2011
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Health Care, Birbhum, Purulia (D), Medinipur (D), Nadia, Maldah, Rural Health
Health

Medicines worth 27L go waste in MP

Bhopal: Bureaucratic indecision has resulted in the wastage of medicines worth Rs 27 lakh.

Publication Date: 
08/08/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health Care, Drugs, Hoshangabad (D), Panchayats, Rural Health, Rural Poverty, Harda (D)
Health

NRHM: 3 UP health officers named in chargesheet

The Uttar Pradesh government has served chargesheet to three senior officials of Department of Family Welfare for alleged irregularities in awarding contracts to Uttar Pradesh Small Industries Corp

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Rural Health, Health Care, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare

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