This article reports on a comparative analysis to assess and explain the strengths and weaknesses of policy processes based on 9 case-studies of maternal health in Vietnam, India and China.

This article reports on a comparative analysis to assess and explain the strengths and weaknesses of policy processes based on 9 case-studies of maternal health in Vietnam, India and China. Policy processes are often slow, inadequately coordinated and opaque to outsiders. Use of evidence is...

Purpose – To provide a public private partnership (PPP) model for urban health centres (UHC) in developing countries that can be useful for urban local governments and private service providers willing to enter into meaningful partnerships so as to improve primary healthcare services....

Governments all over the world are getting increasingly concerned about their ability to meet their social obligations in the health sector. In this paper, we discuss the design and development of a management information system (MIS) to plan and monitor the delivery of healthcare services in...

Purpose – Aims to give an overview of the re‐engineering of processes and structures at Gujarat Cancer Research Institute (GCRI), Ahmedabad. Design/methodology/approach – A general review of the design, development and implementation of reengineered systems in order to address concerns...

Purpose – The paper seeks to show that health and socio‐economic developments are so closely intertwined that is impossible to achieve one without the other. Design/methodology/approach – This paper sees that building health systems that are responsive to community needs, particularly for...

Purpose – This paper aims to focus on the management capacity assessment of the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) program at the state level. Design/methodology/approach – Based on an extensive literature survey, and discussions with senior officers in charge of RCH program at the central...