A K Shiva Kumar
UNICEF
10 Papers
14 Citations
A K Shiva Kumar is an academic researcher from UNICEF. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Private sector. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 9 publications.
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Papers
Human resources for health in India
TL;DR: A comprehensive national policy for human resources is needed to achieve universal health care in India and additional investments will be needed to improve the relevance, quantity, and quality of nursing, medical, and public health education in the country.
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Towards achievement of universal health care in India by 2020: a call to action.
K. Srinath Reddy,Vikram Patel,Prabhat Jha,Vinod K. Paul,A K Shiva Kumar,Lalit Dandona,Lalit Dandona +6 more
TL;DR: The creation of the Integrated National Health System in India through provision of universal health insurance, establishment of autonomous organisations to enable accountable and evidence-based good-quality health-care practices and development of appropriately trained human resources, and legislation of health entitlement for all Indian people are proposed.
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Assuring health coverage for all in India
Vikram Patel,Vikram Patel,Rachana Parikh,Sunil Nandraj,P. M. Balasubramaniam,Kavita Narayan,Vinod K. Paul,A K Shiva Kumar,M. B. Chatterjee,K. Srinath Reddy,K. Srinath Reddy +10 more
TL;DR: Only a radical restructuring of the health-care system that promotes health equity and eliminates impoverishment due to out-of-pocket expenditures will assure health for all Indians by 2022--a fitting way to mark the 75th year of India's independence.
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Universal health care in India: the time is right.
TL;DR: India has supported the ideal of health for all since it become an independent nation more than 60 years ago, and the India of 2011 is a thriving democracy with a diversified production base, a large scientific community, and an impressive information technology sector.
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India: Towards Universal Health Coverage 6 Financing health care for all: challenges and opportunities
A K Shiva Kumar,Lincoln C. Chen,Mita Choudhury,Shiban Ganju,Vijay Mahajan,Amarjeet Sinha,Abhijit Sen +6 more
- 01 Jan 2011
TL;DR: The Government of India will, however, need to introduce specifi c methods to contain costs, improve theiency of spending, increase accountability, and monitor the impact of expenditures on health.
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