Using government data, this brief reports on NRHM expenditures along the following parameters: a) Overall trends in fund allocation and expenditure: GOI and States, b) Allocation and expenditure on key programmes like immunisation, c) Physical coverage and human resource availability, and d)...

Obituary: Leela Dube (1923-2012)

A research framework is proposed that needs to be pursued in order to achieve RCH goals in time bound manner. It is being argued that need for additional research inputs largely stems from the current gaps in programme performance [Paper presented at the Forum 9 conference].

Census figures show that the child sex ratio has gone down. There are several reasons for this. The issue is serious and issue should be dealt immediately.

According to Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) “The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012†report, there is a reduction of 34.9 percent in prevalence of undernourishment from 1990-1992 to 2010-2012 (down from 26.9 percent in 1990-1992 and 17.5 percent in 2010-2012).

This Report provides estimates of maternal mortality for the period 1997-2003. The study shows that overall MMR which was in the vicinity of 400 in 1997-98, has come down to about 300 in 2001-03, thus registering a decline of 24 per cent during this period based on SRS data. The decline is...

Malnutrition and under nutrition are critical issues in Maharashtra. In spite of being a high growth state in the country, it has occasionally remained in the news due to deaths caused by under nutrition in the recent past. Basically, there is an attempt made to evaluate ICDS which is a...

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