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Fiscal restructuring and its implications on health sector : An analysis...
Funded by: Bill & Milinda Gates Foundation, USA Principal Investigator: Prof. Indrani Gupta Date of Initiation: October, 2015 Likely Date of completion: December, 2021Emphasizing visual tools: using R to understand dynamic models of biology...
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and TechnologyEmphasizing visual tools: using R to understand dynamic models of biology...
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and TechnologyDivergent Policies for Convergence Clubs: A Study of Post-Reform Indian...
Should economies attempting to break out of low-growth convergence clubs adopt policies distinctly different from those in high-growth clubs? This paper proposes a framework that helps answer this question. To do this, we extend the logic of policy divergence from the growth transitions literature to the analysis of club convergence. We then ...Assessing Community Sanitary Complexes for System Strengthening (Non-FCRA)
Funded by: UNICEF Principal Investigator: Dr. William Joe Date of Initiation: September, 2021 Likely Date of completion: December, 2021Including musculoskeletal diseases in the health policy agenda in...
Morbidity due to Musculoskeletal Diseases (MSDs) has been rising steadily both globally and in India – fuelled primarily by lifestyle/behavioural factors and occupational risks. In India, MSDs are yet to find a place in discussions around non-communicable diseases. This exploratory study was an attempt to fill this gap. It used the 75th ...Obesity and its Impact on COVID Occurrence: Evidence from India
Over-nutrition has emerged as a major public health issue in India. Being overweight or obese has been linked to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which are also linked to susceptibility and severe illness due to COVID. This paper investigates the association between overnutrition indicators and COVID prevalence and case fatality rate, for India. Using ...Social Demographics and Health Achievements: An Ecological Analysis of...
The National Rural Health Mission of India was expected to have two broad kinds of impacts on institutional delivery and immunization coverage. First, to significantly increase institutional delivery and immunization coverage levels across all districts and, second, to enhance equity by reducing utilization gaps between districts with higher and lower share of ...Assessing impact of women health on poverty based on evidence from Nepal
International Journal of Child Health and Human DevelopmentHealth, Development, and HIV in India.
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian HistoryWhat causes poor child health in India? Reflections from NFHS-5.
International Journal of Child and Adolescent HealthGrowth Matters? Revisiting the Enigma of Child Undernutrition in India
Higher economic growth in the post-liberalization phase since the 1990s was expected to translate into rapid all around improvements in well-being of the people. A notable exception in defiance of this association is apparent in the form of a persistently high level of child undernutrition in the face of rapid economic growth ...COSTING OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTRES : A CASE STUDY OF GUJARAT
The National Health Policy 2017 recommended the establishment of Health and Wellness Centres (HWC) as the primary platform to deliver comprehensive primary health care in India and emphasised that about two-thirds of the health budget of the government should be invested on primary care. In February 2018, the government announced its plan ...The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK) and the Tobacco-Free Kids Action...
Funded by: Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) Principal Investigator: Dr. William Joe Date of Initiation: January, 2021 Likely Date of completion: October, 2022What Causes Poor Child Health in India? Reflections from NFHS-5
This paper based on the data from the NFHS-5 examines various indicators of child health in India. A variety of correlates have been considered in order to understand the causes of poor health outcomes and reflect on effective strategies which may contribute to better health of the children. The inter-spatial variations bring ...Towards Universal Access to Quality Contraception (UAQ)/ SARAL Project
Funded by: Population Services International Principal Investigator: Prof. Indrani Gupta Date of Initiation: November, 2020 Likely Date of completion: November, 2023Reflecting on Gendered Effect of COVID-19 in the Backdrop of PLFS...
The paper tries to assess the status of women employment by analyzing the data from the recently released Government of India’s Periodic labour Force Survey (PLFS ) 2018-19 and also throws light on gendered effect on labour market during Corona times.Cost-Benefit Analyses of Nutrition Interventions in India’s Policy...
The Government of India has launched several important nutrition and health programmes and interventions. This study is an attempt to estimate the costs and benefits accruing from the implementation of the national interventions. The benefits are measured in terms of the number of years of life saved due to decreased child mortality ...Fiscal Space and Expenditure Priorities post -14th Finance Commission: A...
Inter-governmental fiscal transfers comprising specific purpose (tied/conditional) and general purpose (untied/unconditional) transfers, underwent a significant change following the 14th Finance Commission (FFC) recommendations and its subsequent acceptance by the Government of India. The FFC increased the tax devolution to states from the divisible pool and adopted a new formula for the inter-se ...COVID-19 AND INDIAN ECONOMY: Impact on Growth, Manufacturing, Trade and...
We make a preliminary assessment of Covid-19 on Indian economy by analyzing its impact on growth, manufacturing, trade and MSME sector. The impact of the Pandemic across sectors and in different scenarios of complete, extended and partial lockdown and at different levels of capacity utilisation is massive on the Indian economy. India’s ...The Other Side of Indian Demographics: Accelerating Growth in Ageing and...
The OTher Side Of indian demOgraphicS: acceleraTing grOwTh in ageing and iTS challengeS The authors are at the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi. This policy brief is drawn using data collected during the survey conducted by three collaborating institutions—ISEC, IEG, and UNFPA—as part of the research project ‘Building a Knowledge Base ...Challenges of HMIS in India
The Health Management Information System (HMIS) was designed to facilitate the monitoring and evaluation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), which aims to improve health care delivery in India, and identify shortcomings. A study of the HMIS in the Udham Singh Nagar district in Uttarakhand, a state in northern India, finds ...