This report is an attempt to bridge information gap relating to health of the urban poor in Uttar Pradesh. The Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC) has been designated as the nodal technical agency for urban health by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Based on request of the MoHFW to generate information on health of the urban poor , UHRC analyzed the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data to arrive at health estimates of the urban poor and additionally undertook analyses of policies and programmes aimed at improving their health status. This report is part of the series of state urban health reports for better informing the urban health
programming efforts in the respective states.
This report is an attempt to bridge the information gap on health of the urban poor in Delhi. The Urban Health Resource Centre has been designated as the nodal technical agency for urban health program by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India. Based on request of the MoHFW to develop reports reflecting health scenario of urban poor in select Indian states, UHRC analysed the National Family Health Survey (NFHS- 2) data to arrive at health estimates of the urban poor and additionally undertook analyses of policies and programs aimed at improving health of urban poor in the state. This report is part of a series of state Urban Health Reports for better informing the urban health programming efforts in the respective states.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
URBAN HEALTH INITIATIVES
February 9, 2006
Community Medicine Department, Government Medical College, Surat, Surat Municipal Corporation & Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of Gujarat, India.
This report describes maternal-newborn care practices and care of infants aged 2-4 months (feeding practices, morbidity status, immunization status and nutritional status) in urban slum dwellings of Indore city, Madya Pradesh (India). The findings presented in this report are from a study carried out by UHRC between Dec’04-Feb’06 in 11 out of 79 slums where it’s Indore Urban Health Program is operational since April, 2003. Also discussed in this report, are reasons for following these practices, what facilitates and what hinders following optimal practices and potential program options for their improvement.
The state of urban health in India; comparing the poorest quartile to the rest of the urban population in selected states and cities
Siddharth Agarwal
Environment and Urbanization April 13, 2011 vol. 23 no. 1 13-28 doi: 10.1177/0956247811398589
This paper titled “Maternal and Child Health Conditions of Rapidly Growing Urban Poor Populations: The Way Forward for City Governments-What can cities do to achieve MDGs?” was presented by Dr Siddharth Agarwal at World Mayors Conference held at Cochin (India) from 2-4 April 2005 on the theme “Millennium Development Goals and Role of Cities”
Article published in Indian Journal of Public Health Vol.49, No.3, 2005. For the National Rural Health Mission to achieve its goals, urban population needs to be included in its scope. Health status and access of reproductive and child health services of slum dwellers is poor and comparable to the rural population. Public sector urban health delivery system, especially for poor, has so far been sporadic, far from adequate and limited in its reach.
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The definitive version was published in Global Public Health, Volume 3 Issue 3, July 2008.
doi:10.1080/17441690701592957 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441690701592957)
A State Level Workshop on Strengthening Urban Health Program under NRHM/RCH-II, Madhya Pradesh was organized on 14th - 15th October 2005, with the assistance of Urban Health Resource Centre. The workshop was aimed at strengthening urban health program within NRHM /RCH II in Madhya Pradesh for improving health conditions of urban poor populations in eight identified cities. The participants analyzed the achievements and challenges in urban health programs already underway in Indore, Bhopal and Jabalpur and examined the possibilities for Public Private Partnership for urban health program.
The detailed report of the workshop was released with a foreword from Dr. S K Satpathy, DC ( ID), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GoI and preface by Shri M.M. Upadhyay, Secretary, Public Health and Family Welfare, GoMP. The report summarizes the workshop presentations and discussions.
This report is an attempt to bridge the information gap on health of the urban poor in Delhi. The Urban Health Resource Centre has been designated as the nodal technical agency for urban health program by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India. Based on request of the MoHFW to develop reports reflecting health scenario of urban poor in select Indian states, UHRC analysed the National Family Health Survey (NFHS- 2) data to arrive at health estimates of the urban poor and additionally undertook analyses of policies and programs aimed at improving health of urban poor in the state. This report is part of a series of state Urban Health Reports for better informing the urban health programming efforts in the respective states.
This report describes maternal-newborn care practices and care of infants aged 2-4 months (feeding practices, morbidity status, immunization status and nutritional status) in urban slum dwellings of Indore city, Madya Pradesh (India). The findings presented in this report are from a study carried out by UHRC between Dec’04-Feb’06 in 11 out of 79 slums where it’s Indore Urban Health Program is operational since April, 2003. Also discussed in this report, are reasons for following these practices, what facilitates and what hinders following optimal practices and potential program options for their improvement.
