Centre for Insurance and Risk Management Delivering Micro Health Insurance Through the National Rural Health Mission A Strategy Paper Rupalee Ruchismita‚ Imtiaz Ahmed and Suyash Rai August 2007 Rupalee Ruchismita (rupalee.ruchismita@ifmr.ac.in) and Imtiaz Ahmed (imtiaz@ifmr.ac.in) are with the Centre for Insurance and Risk Management at IFMR‚ Chennai (http://ifmr.ac.in/cirm). Suyash Rai is with the ICICI Centre for Child Health and Nutrition‚ Pune. The views expressed in this note are entirely
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Perspectives Public Health in India: Dangerous Neglect Public health services‚ which reduce a population’s exposure to disease through such measures as sanitation and vector control‚ are an essential part of a country’s development infrastructure. In India‚ policies have focused largely on medical services. Public health services‚ and even implementation of basic public health regulations‚ have been neglected. Various organisational issues also militate against the rational deployment of personnel
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Smokeless Tobacco on Oral Health According to the Oral Cancer Foundation‚ about 42‚000 Americans will be diagnosed with oral or pharyngeal cancer this year due to the use of smokeless tobacco. This product will cause over 8‚000 deaths‚ killing roughly one person per hour‚ 24 hours per day. Of those 42‚000 newly diagnosed individuals‚ only slightly more than half will be alive in five years. This is a number‚ which has not significantly improved in decades. The death rate for oral cancer is found to
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people’s oral health? Sleep is considered as important as eating and drinking‚ but many condition many conditions such as sleep apnea can disrupt sleep and affect daily routines.” Sleep apnea is a potentially serious disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts” (Mayo Clinic staff). Sleep Apnea just doesn’t affect the sleeper’s sleep‚ but also his/her’s partner’s sleep if the condition is left untreated. also there are studies that show sleep apnea can affect people’s oral health There
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Perspective on Health Care: New to Health Care HCS/212 January 28‚ 2013 Perspective on Health Care: New to Health Care "Medicinal discover‚ it moves in mighty leaps‚ it leapt straight past the common cold‚ and give it us for keeps." -Pam Ayers Since I was a little girl‚ I always have had a fascination in the dental field. I was one of those rare people‚ who throughout my life always enjoyed going to the dentist. I was enrolled in Palomar Dental School and was scheduled to start the dental
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Health Care Technology and Health Care Trends V Armstrong Professor Jerry Blackwell HSA 500 2/3/13 Discuss trend(s) that have directly impacted the U.S. population and health care over the last 50 years. Provide specific details. The trends that have directly impact are the chronic illness‚ obesity‚ diabetes‚ aging‚ smoking‚ health care spending‚ other diseases that could reduce life expectancy‚ and maybe living a little longer. As we see the result on rise which is obesity which we have unhealthy
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Medical problem Presented was a 62 year old female‚ patient is an asthmatic and has bronchitis. Social circumstances She previously smoked 70 per week‚ but has since cut this down to 3 per day‚ due to cost and health issues The patient doesn’t drink alcohol. The patient has a relatively healthy diet. Patients presenting problem The patient has a four unit bridge on her upper anteriors‚ she has ten missing teeth and others which
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The world will one day cease to exist like all things do. There is no doubt that the world will one day end but the question is when? When will the world we know end? From history we have learned that no one has or will ever predict the accurate date as to when the world will end. The one thing that should be obvious to anyone living in this time period is that the end of the world has begun to emerge. The world is starting to change and that is clear for everyone to see. There has been an increase
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Life events | Predictable life events | Unpredictable life events | Infancy | Starting preschool:-This affects the child’s development because they are now starting to make friends. | Poor attachment:- This will affect the child emotionally because they will not have the same bond with the mother than she did when she was much smaller. | | | | | | | | | | Childhood | Starting primary schoolThe child’s development is affected because the child is now starting to realise and
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Many employers are now requiring mandatory drug testing for applicants and current employees. Drug use has risen sharply over the past years and employers now need to take further precautions in order to maintain a reputable work environment. I believe this extra precaution will improve the workplace by creating a safer atmosphere‚ keep integrity and honesty in the staff‚ and eliminate many illegalities that go along with drug use in the workplace. These qualities would be further infused if drug
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