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A Issac
Researcher at Public Health Foundation of India
Publications - 4
Citations - 90
A Issac is an academic researcher from Public Health Foundation of India. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health informatics & Agency (sociology). The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 4 publications receiving 68 citations. Previous affiliations of A Issac include World Health Organization.
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“Neither we are satisfied nor they”-users and provider’s perspective: a qualitative study of maternity care in secondary level public health facilities, Uttar Pradesh, India
TL;DR: Infrastructure, human resources, supplies and medicine are highlighted as priority areas of quality improvement in the facility as perceived by both users and providers, nevertheless the interpersonal aspect of care primarily reported by the users must also not be ignored.
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Out of pocket expenditure to deliver at public health facilities in India: a cross sectional analysis
TL;DR: Even though services at the public health facilities in India are supposed to be provided free of cost, it is actually not free, and the women in this study paid almost half of their mandated cash incentives to obtain delivery care.
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"There Is No Link Between Resource Allocation and Use of Local Data": A Qualitative Study of District-Based Health Decision-Making in West Bengal, India.
Sanghita Bhattacharyya,A Issac,Bhushan Girase,Mayukhmala Guha,Joanna Schellenberg,Bilal Iqbal Avan +5 more
TL;DR: Existing local data is highly under-used for decision-making at the district level and there is strong potential for better interaction between departments and better use of data for priority-setting, planning and follow-up.
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Migration health research and policy in south and south-east Asia: mapping the gaps and advancing a collaborative agenda.
Anuj Kapilashrami,Kolitha Wickramage,Nima Asgari-Jirhandeh,A Issac,Anjali Borharde,Ganesh Gurung,Jeevan Sharma +6 more
TL;DR: The Migration Health South Asia (MiHSA) network will engage researchers, funders and policy-makers in collectively identifying the most pressing, yet feasible, research questions that could help strengthen migrant and refugee health relevant to the region’s national contexts.