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 ...

Karambayam – An Empirical Health System Insight

By Zeena Johar, President – ICTPH In a country like India – where Iron Deficiency Anaemia among children exceeds 70%, the top two causes of pre-mature mortality are CVDs (24.5%) and COPD/Asthma (10.2%) and the highest burden of disease measured ...

ICTPH Health System Approach

By Zeena Johar, President – ICTPH A health system needs to provide for the requirements of an individual through various stages of life and states of health, offering promotive, health-maintenance, preventive interventions for the entire population and disease management capability ...

The Aravind Eye Care System – An Ophthalmic Mark of Excellence

By Zeena Johar, President – ICTPH Intelligence and capability are not enough. There must be the joy of doing something beautiful.” – Dr. G. Venkataswamy Under the leadership of Dr. G. Venkataswamy, Aravind Eye Hospital was founded in Madurai, Tamil ...

Emerging Issues in Health

By Dr. Nachiket Mor This post is based entirely upon my understanding of the material in an eponymous article by Dr. Sunita Kale which was published recently in the India Health Report 2010. Dr. Kale has very carefully assembled some ...

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