Month: November 2010
Evaluating a delivery model to ensure feasible and effective reduction of childhood anaemia
By Lindsey Peugh, Research Associate – ICTPH The period between 6 and 24 months of age is a critical stage during which nutritional deficiencies can cause deleterious and irreversible effects on a child’s growth and cognitive development. Iron deficiency is ...
Provisioning Ophthalmic Care for Remote Rural Indian Populations
The estimated prevalence of blindness in 1990 ranged from 0.08% of children to 4.4% of persons aged over 60 years, with an overall global prevalence of 0.7%. Of the estimated 45 million cases of blindness by 1996, approximately 60% were ...
Improving Community Based Maternal and New Born Survival
By Divya Ramamurthy, Research Analyst – ICTPH There is a growing need for attention towards the health of newborn infants and their mothers. Neonatal mortality now accounts for about two-thirds of global infant mortality and about 3.8 million of the ...
From Pledges to Action – Building Momentum to Improve Women’s and Children’s Health
By Lindsey Peugh, Research Associate – ICTPH World leaders, along with private sector, international, non-governmental, and research organisations, came together in September 2010 for the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Summit in New York to discuss strategies for accelerating progress toward ...
Switzerland – A Government Regulated Consumer Driven Healthcare System
By Zeena Johar, President – ICTPH Having accomplished my PhD in ETH, Zurich I was always fascinated by the perfection of Swiss Healthcare System. Transitioning to India and my close involvement with Health Systems Research in our sub-continent allowed me ...
Pneumonia – a major threat for children under five
By Laura Costica, Research Associate – ICTPH Disease prevalence rates were the first elements ICTPH looked at when it began thinking about designing health interventions to improve the lives of individuals in the communities it serves. What immediately became apparent was the ...
Some Insights from Literature on Healthcare Financing Mechanisms
Healthcare may be divided up into the following broad risks categories listed below. Adigozel, Pellathy & Singhal (2009)1 of the Healthcare Practice at McKinsey and Mahal (2010) of the Harvard School of Public Health argue that each category will require ...
Evaluating the Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Service Delivery Model for Home Fortification of Children aged 6-24 months
By Lindsey Peugh, Research Associate – ICTPH In past blog posts we’ve discussed the large presence of nutritional deficiencies, particularly iron deficiency anaemia, among children across India. Such nutritional deficiencies can cause deleterious and irreversible effects on a child’s growth ...
Maternal Health Research and Interventions
By Divya Ramamurthy, Research Analyst – ICTPH The Millennium Development Goal to improve maternal health reinforces the importance of focusing on safe motherhood and preventive maternal care. In line with this, maternal health is a crucial aspect of the health ...
- Field experiences – Optimizing Data collection process with increased accuracy of collected data using field agents from remote field areas
- Literature review – Understanding the patient’s perception about chronic diseases and conditions, Barrier for non-adherence and poor follow-up.
- Broad-Base Primary Healthcare
- Primary Healthcare – The Missing Link for Rural Indian Populations
- Conceptualizing our Bridge Training Program – My Journal
