ICTPH Hypotheses to Address the Challenges Associated with National Health Systems Design for India

By Zeena Johar, President & Member, Board of Directors – ICTPH, and Nachiket Mor, Member, Board of Directors – ICTPH While maternal and child health and infectious diseases continue to be serious problems in India, an enormous burden of non-communicable ...

Pre – Clinic Launch Mobile-based Enrolment Process

By Deepak Rajanna, VP – ICTPH Crucial to the ICTPH Health Systems approach comprising preventive screening, curative, and community and clinic-based intervention components, is a clear demographic understanding of the target geography. Preceding the launch of an RMHC there is ...

Launch of Sprinkles Nutrition Intervention

By Lindsey Peugh, Research Associate – ICTPH Monday marked the launch of the ICTPH and SughaVazhvu child nutrition intervention in Karambayam aiming to reduce anaemia among children aged 6-24 months. In attendance were local panchayat heads, Balwadi and Anganwadi teachers, ...

Managed-care: A Feasible Reality for Rural Indian Populations

By Zeena Johar, President – ICTPH According to the United States National Library of Medicine, the term “Managed Care” encompasses “Programs intended to reduce unnecessary health care costs through a variety of mechanisms, including: economic incentives for physicians and patients ...

Orientation and PISP Training for Health Extension Workers

By Sangeetha Lakshmanan – Research Analyst, ICTPH The ICTPH Guide represents a critical role within the health systems team of the Rural Micro Health Centre (RMHC). Responsible for the health of approximately 200 households in her locality, the Guide is ...

Our visit to the L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India

By Zeena Johar, President – ICTPH We had the opportunity of visiting L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) on April 12th, 2011. Our opening meeting with Dr. G N Rao (Founder, LVPEI) was the perfect introduction to their ecosystem, allowing ...

Adapting Guides Weekly Training towards Community Health Needs

By Sangeetha Lakshmanan, Research Analyst – ICTPH Thursday mornings are of special significance for the Guides and Nurses at our Rural Micro Health Centre (RMHC). It is the time of the week when the Guides eagerly look forward to participating ...

Laying the Primary-care Audit Guidelines for SughaVazhvu Healthcare

By Zeena Johar, President – ICTPH SughaVazhvu Healthcare is a Thanjavur based not-for-profit organisation. With its vision of “A Disease-free Rural India” and a mission to “Provide Managed Healthcare for Rural Indian Populations”, SughaVazhvu Healthcare is close to the launch ...

Protocolised Patient Management within the ICTPH Health Systems Model

By A.R. Selva Swetha, Research Analyst – ICTPH This is a period of global demographic and developmental transition, which has been witness to significant behaviour and lifestyle changes. The next two decades of epidemiological transition pose a grave challenge, with ...

ICTPH and SughaVazhvu feature in The Economic Times

By Zeena Johar, President – ICTPH The integrated health systems approach driving our action-research at IKP Centre for Technologies in Public Health (ICTPH), in close conjunction with our Thanjavur based partner SughaVazhvu Healthcare recently featured in The Economic Times. The ...

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