Issue 1: Healthcare for the poor

Prayas in Kannada: Issue 1 – Healthcare for All

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Prayas

Prayas issues are now available in Kannada! Editor’s note from the first eMagazine edition: Issue 1 – Healthcare for All: ಪ್ರಾಯಸ್- ಮೊದಲ ಕನ್ನಡ ಇ-ಮ್ಯಾಗಜೀನ್ ಅನ್ನು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದಿಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇವೆ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಲು ಹರ್ಷವೆನಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಇದು ಭಾರತವು ಎದುರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಭದ್ರತೆಯ ವಿಷಯಗಳಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸವಾಲುಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಮ್ಯಾಗಜೀನ್ ಆಗಿದೆ. ನಮ್ಮ ದೇಶದ ಒಟ್ಟಾರೆ ಶ್ರಮಿಕರಲ್ಲಿ ಶೇ. 89ರಷ್ಟು ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರು ಅಸಂಟಿತ ವಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ದುಡಿಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈ ವಲಯದಲ್ಲಿನ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ದಿನದಿಂದ [...]

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Paying To Be Treated Well

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Aarti Mohan

Kala Bai, 22, worked as an agricultural labourer and basket weaver in Ganiyari, Chattisgarh, until the severe back pains started in July 2010. The Jan Swasthya Sanyog (JSS) doctor diagnosed her with tuberculosis of the spine, called Pott’s disease (something that has vanished elsewhere except rural India). The disease meant over 9 months of drug [...]

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TOC: Issue 1:Healthcare For All

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Prayas

360 Degree View A Nation In Good Health Dr. M.A. Balasubramanya Ground Reality Unconstructed Security And The Construction Worker Supriya Khandekar Features Paying To Be Treated Well Aarti Mohan Vice Unwise Ayesha Aleem Healthcare Within The Common Man’s Reach Supriya Khandekar The Real Picture Behind The Wall Posters Supriya Khandekar Signs Of Light Health For The [...]

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Equality In Health Share

Posted on April 15, 2011 by gowri_journo

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Text message to make your exgirlfriend want you back

Posted on April 15, 2011 by supriya

me my ex are friends how should i text him and what to say to get a guy back or how do i get my ex girlfriend back. when your ex gf calls getting your husband back, buy arimidex no prescription uk, etc. Think of public health education, and varied pictures come to mind- posters, [...]

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Vice Unwise

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Ayesha Aleem

What was once seen as the ‘disease of the rich’ is a now becoming alarmingly common among the poor in India’s cities and villages.

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Service Delivery Under The NRHM – A Primary Evaluation

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Kaveri Gill

Excerpts from a working paper by Kaveri Gill for the Planning Commission of India

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Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana: A Step towards Universal Health Coverage in India

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Bhavesh Jain and Nehal Jain

Health care in India is predominantly financed by out-of-pocket payment (OOP) at the time of use of services and constitutes 71% of the total health spending. On the other hand it is estimated that only 15% of population is covered under any form of health insurance. High OOP reduces access to health care services and [...]

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Transformative Social Protection

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Upendranadh Choragudi

Social protection refers to a set of instruments to transfer incomes, to address shocks and vulnerabilities of marginalised groups. Historically, social protection policies emanated from welfare state regimes in the developed countries. A series of economic shocks and vulnerabilities (accentuated through globalisation) that a vast majority of the population in developing countries faced during the [...]

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Healthcare For Hill Folk

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Deepa Bhasthi

Doctor couple Reji George and Lalitha have helped remote tribal villages in Tamil Nadu remain in the best of health.

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