Public health and the poverty of reforms : the South Asian predicament

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Introduction PART ONE: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT Landmarks in the Development of Health Services in India - Debabar Banerji Structural Adjustment and the Poor in Pakistan - Jennifer Bennett Donor-Driven Family Planning Services in Bangladesh - Farida Akhter Impact on Women's Health Changes in Health Care Systems in Europe - Meri Koivusalo Focus on Finland Structural Adjustment Policies and Health in the Plantation Sector in Sri Lanka - Indira Hettiarachchi Dilemmas for Research in Primary Health Care in the Era of Reforms - Marc De Bruycker PART TWO: CONCEPTS AND EVIDENCE Impact of Structural Adjustements Programs on Concepts in Public Health - Imrana Qadeer Health Reforms and Developing Countries - Kasturi Sen A Critique Disability Adjusted Life Years as a Tool for Public Health Policy - Ritu Priya A Critical Assessment Re-Thinking Public Health - Sheila Zurbrigg Food, Hunger and Mortality Decline in South Asian History Biological Stress and History from Below - Lalita Chakravarty The Millet Zone of India, 1970-92 PART THREE: SHIFTS IN HEALTH SERVICES AND HEALTH FINANCING Health Sector Reforms and Structural Adjustment - Rama V Baru A State-Level Analysis Reforms and Their Relevance - V Raman Kutty The Kerala Experience Health Sector and Economic Reforms - K Seeta Prabhu A Study of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu Structural Adjustment and Economic Slowdown - S Akbar Zaidi Likely Impact on Health Outcomes in Pakistan Health Services in Bangladesh - A Q Khan Development and Structural Reforms Structural Adjustment Programs and Health Care Services in Sri Lanka - Dulitha N Fernando An Overview Evolution of India's Leprosy Program from Control to Elimination - B R Chatterjee Tuberculosis Program in India - A K Chakraborty Current Operational Issues PART FOUR: DECENTRALIZATION IN HEALTH CARE Politics of Decentralization - K R Nayar Lessons from Kerala Promises and Problems of Panchayati Raj - Anwar Jafri Experiences from Madhya Pradesh An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Decentralization of Health Services in Sri Lanka - Nimal Attanayake People's Health Care Initiative in Chhattisgarh District, Madhya Pradesh - Binayak Sen PART FIVE: PERSPECTIVES OF CLINICIANS Prescribing Practices - Anant R Phadke A Comparison of Public and Private Sectors Revisiting the Community Health Worker - Shyam Ashtekar Disturbing Trends in the Treatment of Malaria - Yogesh Jain Public Health in Vellore - Anand Zachariah Experiences with Malaria and Cholera The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program - Anurag Bhargava A Critical Perspective PART SIX: EXPERIENCES AT THE MICRO-LEVEL The Plague, the Poor and the Health Services - Ghanshyam Shah Public Health Issues of Small Towns - K S Sebastian The Case of Alleppey The Labor Process and Its Impact on the Lives of Women Workers - Meena Gopal The Reproductive Health Package - Alpana Sagar A Chimera for Women's Health The Rhetoric of Reproductive Rights - Mohan Rao Quinacrine Sterilization in India

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