Health Systems
Project Description
India has embarked on an ambitious journey of eliminating Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) from the country. This involves various measures to reduce the incidence of VL to less than 1 per 10,000 in every block in India for three consecutive years and sustaining it thereafter. Multi-levelled challenges and numerous constraints in the Indian health care system need to be addressed in a comprehensive and systemic way to ensure that India eliminates and maintains the elimination of VL. We use the dynamic health systems framework (van Olmen et al) to analyse the health system and make recommendations. A modified diagram of van Olmen et al's health systems framework is given to the right.
This project aims to:
- Document the best practices of states/countries that have achieved, or will soon achieve, in the elimination of VL.
- Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the health system in the four endemic states, in managing VL at a population level.
- Recommend a Health System focussed way forward, so that it will be responsive to VL issues that will arise during the post-elimination phase.
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Project Membership
IPH
Dr. N. Devadasan
Dr. Vaibhav Agavane
CARE India
Dr. Shrikantiah Shridhar
Dr. Indranath Bannerjee
PATH
Dr. Amresh Kumar
Dr. Abhilash Sharma
RMRI
Dr. Niyamat Ali Siddiqui
Dr. Roshan Topno
Union
Dr. Debashish Kundu
Dr. Sarabjit S Chadha
Dr. Karuna D Sagili
Technical Advisors
Prof. Marleen Boelaert, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp
Prof. Simon L Croft , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine & Kalacore
Prof. Suman Rijal, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative