Year: 2010
Alakkudi and Karambayam: An Epidemiological Profile of Two Thanjavur Villages
By Shabana Tharkar, AVP – ICTPH Set in what seems like the typical village ambience; both Alakkudi and Karambayam have become all too familiar to the ICTPH staff members, who travel frequently to these two villages. Both places share some ...
Correcting Nutritional Deficiencies in Children Below the Age of 36 Months
By Nachiket Mor Given the strong links between nutritional levels in children below the age of 36 months and overall childhood development, there is a strong desire amongst the ICTPH and the SughaVazhvu staff to launch a nutrition-focussed intervention for ...
PLSP: The Concept and Philosophy
By Ravikumar Chockalingam, Advisor – ICTPH You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not? George Bernard Shaw Health services provisioning, which includes primary, secondary and tertiary care, is one ...
Considerations for Pricing at the RMHC
By Sheena Jain, Intern – ICTPH and Zeena Johar, President – ICTPH There is a lot of excitement with the opening of the second Rural Micro Health Center (RMHC) in Tanjore; this once ambitious goal for ICTPH is now a ...
Launch of Karambayam RMHC
by Dr. Zeena Johar, President – ICTPH The launch of our clinic in Karambayam on Sep 6th, marked one of the finest days in the history of SughaVazhvu. With the second Rural Micro Health Centre (RMHC) on-board, we are now ...
Much More Than Logistics
By Subhalakshmi Ganguly, AVP – ICTPH How does a non-profit research organisation that is based in an urban city like Chennai hope to provide healthcare services to villages that are over 350 km away? While staff from ICTPH have been ...
Sharing Ideas, Research and Strategies: ICTPH Lecture Series
By Subhalakshmi Ganguly, AVP – ICTPH One of the goals of any research organisation must be to continuously train and re-train existing employees, keep up with current technology and industry-specific skill sets, as well as expose staff to new ideas ...
Training lay-workers to be professional enumerators: Field experiences (ctnd.)
By Laura Costica, Research Associate, ICTPH and Sangeetha Lakshmanan, Research Analyst, ICTPH The second week of the survey form training saw the SughaVazhvu Guides (SVGs) apply their learnings from the previous week’s mock sessions, as they made household visits in ...
Training lay-workers to be professional enumerators
By Laura Costica, Research Associate, ICTPH These are exciting times as ICTPH and its implementation partner, SughaVazhvu Ltd., are gearing up for the launch of their second Rural Micro Health Centre in Tanjore district. Plans are ambitious: 5 villages and ...
Summer Internship at ICTPH
By Subhalakshmi Ganguly (AVP, ICTPH; Coordinator, GIP Program) When you think of a summer internship, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Do you envision a fresh-faced young adult making photocopies or making phone calls or, perhaps ...
- 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
