Table of contents
Foreword K.Srinath Reddy;
Introduction;
I: HEALTH SYSTEM FOR MATERNAL AND NEWBORN CARE (ACCESS; QUALITY; AVAILABILITY; AFFORDABILITY);
Access to Healthcare Services in Remote Areas;
Ships of Hope: Mobile Boat Clinics in the Riverine Areas of Assam (C-NES) - Radhika Arora;
The Three-tier Outreach Model for Hard to Reach Areas: The Sunderbans - Sourav Neogi;
Behaviour Change Communications;
Innovation in Behaviour Change Communication: The RACHNA Project - Raj Mohan Panda and Sourav Neogi;
Financial Access to Health Care Services;
Increasing Financial and Physical Access for Service Delivery: Sambhav Voucher Scheme - Sourav Neogi;
Health Care Infrastructure;
LifeSpring Hospital Pvt Ltd. - Madhavi Misra;
Merrygold Health Network - Madhavi Misra;
Human Resources;
Addressing Issues of Human Resources and Quality of Care: The Yashoda - Radhika Arora;
Quality Initiatives in Health Care Services;
Quality Assurance Programmes (QAPs) in Public Health Facilities - Sanghita Bhattacharya and Radhika Arora;
Referral Transport;
Emergency Referral Transport: The GVK-EMRI Model - Raj Mohan Panda and Sourav Neogi;
Low-cost Referral Transport: The Janani Express - Sourav Neogi;
II: ADDRESSING DIRECT CAUSES OF MORTALITY;
Newborn Care (Hypothermia);
Warmth for newborns: The Embrace Infant Warmer - Madhavi Misra;
Post-partum Hemorrhage (PPH);
Use of Non-pneumatic Anti-shock Garment (NASG): The Raksha Project - Madhavi Misra;
III: ADDDRESSING INDIRECT CAUSES OF MATERNAL AND NEWBORN MORTALITY;
Family Planning;
Promoting Change in Reproductive Behaviour: PRACHAR - Sanghita Bhattacharya and Radhika Arora;
Community-based Intersectoral Interventions in Health;
The Silver Lining: Community-led Initiatives for Child Survival (CLICS) - Radhika Arora;
Community for Care: Comprehensive Rural Healthcare Projects (CRHP) - Radhika Arora;
Youth Reproductive and Sexual Health;
Growing up Healthy: Anwesha Clinics, Friends Clinic, and Safdarjung Hospital Adolescent Health Network (SHAHN) - Radhika Arora;
IV: ACCOUNTABILITY OF PROGRAMMES;
Monitoring and Evaluation;
Collection of Evidence through Randomized Control Trial Setting: Ekjut Trial - Sutapa B Neogi and Sourav Neogi;
Putting Evident into Action: Maternal Death Audit/Review - Sutapa B Neogi and Sourav Neogi;
Social Accountability Initiatives;
Promoting Social Accountability for Safe Motherhood: White Ribbon Alliance India - Raj Mohan Panda and Sourav Neogi;
V: SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATIONS AS INNOVATION ENGINES;
State Feature;
Innovative Approaches in Maternal and Newborn Care: Tamil Nadu Health System - Sourav Neogi and Madhavi Misra;
Organization Feature;
Using Science and Technology for Care: Action Research and Training for Health (ARTH) - Madhavi Misra;
Index