The 360 degree view

ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ವಲಯದ ಆಡಳಿತ – Governance in the Health sector

Governance in health

ಡಾ. ಎನ್. ದೇವದಾಸನ್, ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರು, ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಇತ್ತೀಚಿನ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಆಗಾಗ ಕೇಳಿ ಬರುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪದ ಆಡಳಿತ. ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಇದು ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ್ದಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಆಡಳಿತ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿ ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ಸರ್ಕಾರವು ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ನೀತಿ ಉದ್ದೇಶಗಳನ್ನು (ಡಬ್ಲ್ಯುಎಚ್ಒ) ಸಾಧಿಸಲು ಬಯಸುವುದರಿಂದ ಆಡಳಿತವು ಹಲವು ರೀತಿಯ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ಇದು ಸರ್ಕಾರ, ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸಮುದಾಯದ ನಡುವೆ ಪಾತ್ರಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿಗಳನ್ನು ಹಂಚುವ ನಿಯಮಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ್ದಾಗಿದೆ. ನಿಖರವಾದ ಉದಾಹರಣೆಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡುವುದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ, ಆಡಳಿತ ಎಂದರೆ: • [...]

 
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Governance in the Health Sector

Governance in health

Responsible governance of health services is key if one wants to convert the resources (financial, human resources, infrastructure, medicines & consumables) into better health status of citizens, says Dr. Devadasan, Director, Institute of Public Health.

 
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360 degree view: Social Protection Reforms – the essential scaffolding

Smita Srinivas

Social Protections for 21st Century India: Debating a Floor

 
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Coping with Blind Spots: Poverty Lines, Poverty Headcounts, and Anti-Poverty Policy

Prayas Issue 6: Poverty Counting

One thing is clear from the recent academic, media, and policy discussions on poverty in India: there are many reasonable truths and few consensus facts. To what extent have the number and proportion of the poor in India changed over time? The picture depends on how one adjusts for differences in the survey instrument used [...]

 
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Women and Access to Healthcare: Marked by Absence?

Prabha Chandra and Asha Kilaru Sujata is a 19-year-old woman who is now in the fourth month of her pregnancy. She was married at 15 to a manual labourer who drinks regularly and spends most evenings under the influence of alcohol. Her maternal family is in North Karnataka – from where the couple migrated to [...]

 
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Into Thin Air – Vocational Education where it matters

‘Demographic dividend’ has got to be the most overused term while describing the future of India and our potential to become an economic super-power. Are we talking about our youth who are graduating from a broken education system today (if they haven’t dropped out that is) and remain largely unemployable?

 
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The Other Side of the Indian Demographic Dividend

Moneer_graph

The Changing Indian Demographic India is fast shedding many of its past perils, particularly in the realm of macro economic management and demographics. Demographically, India is moving ahead to achieve faster fertility transition  and shed a great deal of bulge from the bottom of its population pyramid, and in the process, becoming a double humped [...]

 
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A Nation In Good Health

A 360 degree view of healthcare in India

 
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