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Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) in the ICTPH Health Systems Model – A Technical Note
By Deepak Rajanna, VP – ICTPH IKP Centre for Technologies in Public Health (ICTPH) is piloting a nurse-managed, physician-supervised, technology-enabled, comprehensive primary health care delivery model in rural Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu with equal focus on developing Human Resources, Health …
ICTPH and SughaVazhvu RMHC Model Profiled on NextBillion.Net Blog
By Subhalakshmi Ganguly, AVP – ICTPH Approximately four billion people have annual incomes of less than $3000 (see analysis from the World Resources Institute). These individuals constitute what is called the BoP, an acronym for the “Base of the (economic) …
Population based – Individual Screening Protocol for Rural Indian Populations
By Zeena Johar, President – ICTPH The WHO Health Systems framework (WHO, 2007) defines six components of a Health System – service delivery; health workforce; information; medical products, vaccines & technologies; financing; leadership and governance. Within this framework, the evolving …
Optical Mark Recognition Technology for Rural Health Data Collection
By Sabyasachi Das, Research Associate – ICTPH Non-communicable and chronic diseases are the leading causes of death in this part of rural India. The observed pattern of death is unlikely to be unique to these villages and provides a new …
Obesity and CVD: A growing global health issue
By Shabana Tharkar, AVP – ICTPH Today, society is surrounded by an excess of food, luxuries and comfort, making humans prone to being obese and sedentary. For instance, being overweight or obese are major risk factors for developing insulin resistance, …
Financing Health Systems
By Zeena Johar, President – ICTPH The fundamental step towards achieving health equity is universal coverage, i.e., universal access to the full range of personal and non-personal health services including social health protection. My previous paper ICTPH Health Systems Approach …
Health Benefit-Cost Effectiveness of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Improvements
By Nachiket Mor In any discussion of primary health and interventions to promote health at the community level, the issue of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion invariably comes up. And, while access to water and the dignity afforded by latrines, …
Selection tool for Health Extension Workers in rural India
By Sangeetha Lakshmanan, Research Analyst – ICTPH Several countries have expanded their health systems by adopting the Community Health Worker approach to providing Primary Health Care. While both low and middle income countries have recruited health workers, there is limited …
The Million Deaths Study sheds light on the causes of death in children in India
By Laura Costica, Research Associate – ICTPH The 27th Nov edition of The Lancet features a paper1 emerging from the Million Deaths Study2 Collaboration, in which the causes of deaths in children in India are analysed. This new evidence is …
Evolutionary links between Malaria and Anaemia
By Nachiket Mor Very interesting materials suggesting that while Sickle Cell Anaemia was probably an evolutionary response to the presence of Malaria, Iron Deficiency Anaemia probably began on account of a move to a more agrarian lifestyle but survived and …
- 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
