Overview
The effectiveness of a new health technology is judged by both its accessibility and also the extent to which it has been adopted in a particular country. With the possibility of an AIDS vaccine in the near future, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) has emphasised the need for countries to prepare well in advance for its smooth access and adoption. Reiterating IAVI′s appeal, this book ably captures the course India needs to take for the successful adoption and implementation of the AIDS vaccine in India. The first of its kind, this book examines the adoption of four health technologies in India-Hepatitis B, No Scalpel Vasectomy, Voluntary Counselling and Testing and Antiretroviral Treatment. Using a set of parameters, the authors not only bring to light the various dimensions, strengths and weaknesses of adoption of health technologies in India, but also how and where more attention needs to be paid with regard to the adoption of the AIDS vaccine.
Full Product Details
Author: Indrani Gupta ,
Mayur Trivedi ,
Subodh Kandamuthan
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 13.90cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.230kg
ISBN: 9780761935902
ISBN 10: 0761935908
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 03 July 2007
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product
Availability: Out of stock
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Author Information
Indrani Gupta is Professor and Head, Health Policy Research Unit, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. She is a member of the Technical Review Panel of the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the WHO South-East Asia Advisory Committee on Health Insurance. She has also been a consultant at the Policy Research Unit of the World Bank from 1991 to 1995, and a research analyst at the Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Maryland in 1991. She has written a number of reports and research papers on health and health technologies. Mayur Trivedi is Assistant Professor, Health Policy Research Unit, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. He has also worked as a consultant from 2003 to 2006 and as a project officer in 2003 at the Health Policy Research Unit of the Institute of Economic Growth. His main areas of interest being HIV/AIDS and health financing, he has written a number of papers and reports. Subodh Kandamuthan is faculty in Health Economics, Institute of Health Systems, Hyderabad. A Ph.D. in economics from the Institute of Economic and Social Change, Bangalore, he has co-written a number of papers for various journals.
