Health Care Policy

Tip of the Iceberg

Vol. 38, Issue No. 37, 13 Sep, 2003

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Primary Healthcare in Urban Slums

Vol. 37, Issue No. 51, 21 Dec, 2002

A look at the poor status of healthcare for urban slums in Maharashtra, and the differences between rural and urban areas of the state in terms of delivery of healthcare services.

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MFC Annual Meet 2003

Vol. 37, Issue No. 39, 28 Sep, 2002

N B Sarojini

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Health and Trade Regulations

Vol. 37, Issue No. 38, 21 Sep, 2002

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User Charges in Health Care: Some Issues

Vol. 37, Issue No. 37, 14 Sep, 2002

Sailesh Mohan, Sonia Andrews

User charges, being introduced in several states and institutions have prompted a variety of reactions from consumers. Will this move negatively affect access to health care? What has been the experience elsewhere?

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Health Care: Expansion for Profit

Vol. 37, Issue No. 34, 24 Aug, 2002

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Quality of Reproductive Care in Private Hospitals in Andhra Pradesh

Vol. 37, Issue No. 17, 27 Apr, 2002

Alex George

An exit survey conducted in private hospitals in Andhra Pradesh on the quality of reproductive care yielded valuable insights on women's perceptions of quality of care. The information so generated is a useful input in any attempt to institute standardisation of practices in medicare institutions.

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Political Economy of the Animal Feed and Food Contamination Debate in India

Vol. 37, Issue No. 15, 13 Apr, 2002

Priya Deshingkar

Several large-scale outbreaks of diseases in the human population and among farm animals in India have been traced to food contamination. Scientific studies have established how contamination is passed through animal feeds to the human food chain. This paper identifies the stakeholders in the feed and food contamination debate and assesses their role and potential to achieve the goal of safer food for human consumption. In India, civil society groups and the private sector can be the drivers of change. What is essential is to equip them with scientific research findings, to identify and tackle contamination.

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Structural Reforms and Health Equity

Vol. 37, Issue No. 14, 06 Apr, 2002

Aditi Iyer, Asha George, Gita Sen

Preliminary results of an analysis of data sets on morbidity and health care utilisation from two NSS surveys in the 1980s and 1990s together with empirical results of other studies points the worsening of class-based inequalities in access to health services for both men and women. While gender inequity, particularly in untreated morbidity, appears to have remained severe, also seen is a relative worsening of access for poor men over this period, even though in absolute terms men are better off than poor women.

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Public Policy and Ayurveda

Vol. 37, Issue No. 12, 23 Mar, 2002

Madhulika Banerjee

The modernisation of Ayurveda has been the focus of both state and civil society organisations since colonial times. This paper argues that modernisation of Ayurveda undertaken by both the state and civil society has been governed by a 'pharmaceutic episteme' which focuses on retaining the usefulness of Ayurveda as a mere supplier of new medicines while dismissing its world view on the body, health and disease. This episteme continues to govern contemporary attempts to modernise the system, as is illustrated by the recently announced comprehensive policy on indigenous systems, the first of its kind since independence.