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The interface of public health and federalism are increasingly gaining scholarly attention in the fields of comparative federalism and welfare state studies. This volume looks into various facets of public health and governance in India from a legal, institutional and policy perspective.
List of contents
List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Public Health and Federalism: Where we are and where do we need to go?
PART I: THE FEDERAL CONTEXT 2. Public Health in the Constituent Assembly
3. What's Ailing Federalism? Health Policy and Strains in Intergovernmental Relations Louise Tillin
4. Towards a Legal Framework for Public Health Emergencies in India
5. Inter-State Variations in the Growth of the Private Sector in Medical Care
PART II: UNEQUAL STATES 6. Responding to The Rising Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in A Federal Polity
7. Public Health Infrastructure and Human Resources with Focus on Primary Health Care
PART III: REGULATORY ARCHITECTURE 8. Drug Regulation and Federalism in India
9. Federalism and Regulation of Private Healthcare in India Unfolding Contradictions between Centre, States and People in Times of Authoritarian Neoliberalism
10. Ensuring Availability of Pharmaceutical Products: A Critical Evaluation of the Role of the Central Government
PART FOUR: QUEST FOR SECURITY 11. Health Federalism and Women's Health Outcomes in India's 'Backward' States
12. Meddling with Food Security: Political Undercurrents Affecting the Scientific Logic of Food Adequacy
13. Federal Polity in the Control of Communicable Diseases in India: Reviewing the First 75 years
14. Surviving Covid in a General Ward of a Public Hospital: A Personal Narrative
15. Centre-State Fiscal Relationship in the Light of the National Health Mission: Is Centralization the Answer?
16. Decentralizing the Delivery of Healthcare: The Need of the Hour.
Index.
About the author
Balveer Arora - Chairman, Centre for Multilevel Federalism, Institute of social Sciences, New Delhi
Mohan Rao - a medical doctor, specialized in public health and taught for many years at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Summary
The interface of public health and federalism are increasingly gaining scholarly attention in the fields of comparative federalism and welfare state studies. This volume looks into various facets of public health and governance in India from a legal, institutional and policy perspective.
