discussion with some thoughts on the way forward. [Speech at the Conference of Indian Association for Research in National Income …

The paper discusses the poor health statistics for children in the age group of 11-19. The main reasons for … deteriorating health are identified as reduction in cost of food products, lack of physical education and junk-food marketing. The … paper also brings out the importance of having a healthy media environment which develops health and nutrition awareness …

, maternal mortality rates, among other, the author also reviews the inter-district performance of Maharashtra in health …This paper focusses on the current health profile of the state of Maharashtra, and its performance as against other … growth driven states like Tamil Nadu and Gujarat. Using parameters such as birth rate, death rate, infant mortality rate …

framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural …

one point and draw out implications from it for actionable policies to reduce child mortality. The one point is: â …

Poor quality essential medicines, both substandard and counterfeit, are serious but neglected public health problems … differences between public health and intellectual property approaches to the problem. It is argued that public health, and not … the World Health Organization (WHO) should be encouraged and supported to take a more prominent role in improving the …

The study attempts to empirically examine whether the adoption of organic farming practices leads to better health. As … a proxy for health status, a comparison of the health expenditure patterns of organic and conventional rice … provinces, we calculate catastrophic health expenditures as out-of-pocket (OOP) medical expenditures exceeding a specified …