How Might India’s Public Health Systems Be Strengthened?

The central government s policies, though well-intentioned, have inadvertently de-emphasized environmental health and other preventive public health services in India since the 1950s, when it was decided to amalgamate the medical and public health...

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Main Authors:	Das Gupta, Monica, Shukla, Rajendra, Somanathan, T.V., Datta, K.K.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	AVIAN FLU AVIAN INFLUENZA BASIC LEGISLATION BEDDING BLINDNESS BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCER CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MORTALITY CHOLERA CITIZENS CLINICAL SERVICES CLINICS COMMUNICABLE DISEASE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY MEDICINE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONTAGIOUS DISEASES COST-EFFECTIVENESS COSTS OF TREATMENT DEATHS DEMAND FOR SERVICES DENGUE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIABETES DISASTERS DISEASE CONTROL DISEASE OUTBREAKS DISEASE PREVENTION DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL DISEASE SURVEILLANCE DISPENSARIES DRINKING WATER DRUG RESISTANCE DRUGS ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES EMERGENCIES ENDEMIC DISEASES ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMIC EPIDEMICS EXERCISES EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY WELFARE FLU PANDEMIC FOOD HANDLING FOOD SAFETY FOOD STORAGE GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE GOVERNMENT CAPACITY GRASSROOTS WORKERS HAZARDS HEALTH AUTHORITIES HEALTH BUDGETS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH LEGISLATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH OFFICIALS HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PLANNING HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH REGULATIONS HEALTH RESOURCES HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH TRAINING HEALTH WORKFORCE HEPATITIS HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYGIENE ILL-HEALTH ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFECTIONS INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFLUENZA INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INJURIES INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS IODINE DEFICIENCY LABOR FORCE LACK OF FOOD LATRINES LAWS LEPROSY LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCAL AUTHORITIES MALARIA MALARIA CONTROL MALARIA INCIDENCE MALE HEALTH MALE HEALTH WORKERS MALNUTRITION MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL DOCTORS MEDICAL EDUCATION MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL OFFICER MEDICAL RESEARCH MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL TRAINING MEDICINE MIDWIFE MIDWIVES MIGRANTS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE MORTALITY DECLINES NATIONAL HEALTH NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY NATIONAL POLICY NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NURSE NURSING NUTRITION OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PERSONAL COMMUNICATION PLAGUE PLAGUE CONTROL POLICY DECISIONS POLICY GOALS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY SERIES POLIO POLIO ERADICATION POLIO ERADICATION PROGRAM POPULATION DISCUSSION POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION STUDIES PREVALENCE PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES PREVENTIVE MEDICINE PROGRESS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ATTENTION PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERS PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS PUBLIC HEALTH PERSONNEL PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS PUBLIC SERVICES QUARANTINE RABIES RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RESOURCE MOBILIZATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT SANITARY CONDITIONS SANITATION SCHOOL HEALTH SCREENING SEPTIC TANKS SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES SMALLPOX SOCIAL POLICY STATE GOVERNMENTS T.V. TB TECHNICAL EDUCATION TECHNICAL INFORMATION TECHNICAL RESOURCES TREATMENT TROPICAL MEDICINE TUBERCULOSIS TYPHOID URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBANIZATION VACCINATION VACCINATION PROGRAMS VACCINE VECTOR BORNE DISEASES VECTOR CONTROL VENTILATION VITAL STATISTICS WASTE WATER SUPPLIES WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YAWS
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