Health Inequities in India A Synthesis of Recent Evidence
This timely contribution to the global literature on health inequities approaches the subject through a synthesis and analysis of relevant published literature on India. Amongst the BRICS countries, India ranks the lowest in the gender-gap index and has t
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alth Inequities in India A Synthesis of Recent Evidence
Health Inequities in India
T.K. Sundari Ravindran Rakhal Gaitonde •
Editors
Health Inequities in India A Synthesis of Recent Evidence
With Forewords by Sharmila Mhatre and Lesley Doyal
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Editors T.K. Sundari Ravindran Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Trivandrum, Kerala India
Rakhal Gaitonde Centre for Technology and Policy (CTaP) Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, Tamil Nadu India
ISBN 978-981-10-5088-6 ISBN 978-981-10-5089-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5089-3
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Foreword I
The inception of this book stems from a desire to understand and profile the theory and practice of redressing inequities in the Indian context and the admiration for Prof. Ravindran, who in our first meeting elegantly argued both the theory and politics of equity. At that time in 2012, I headed a health systems programme for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), a Canadian crown corporation mandated to support research for development. The IDRC programme at that time wanted to build a critical mass of researchers who could unpack the theoretical layers of equity, innovate new frameworks and methods to contribute to healthier communities. This book shows only some of the fruits of labour by Prof. Ravindran and her colleagues. It does not reveal the innumerable consultations, the mobilisation of researchers, the training of emerging
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