Rural Planning Through People's Own Initiatives

Rural Development through E-Governance Initiatives in India

Amongst the emerging Asian Economies, India is a nation with 70 % of population living in rural areas which casts pressure on Government to focus more on development of Rural India. ICT acts as a provider of major opportunities to rural livelihoods and contributes towards poverty reduction. Productivity of rural areas can be enhanced by usage of ICT. Through various E-Governance initiatives lik...

Innovative Rural Development Initiatives

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Outpatient nurses "own" MRSA prevention initiatives.

I t’s a reality that no part of a healthcare system exists as an island; inpatient and outpatient settings overlap. This became apparent at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS), an integrated three-division system with a medical center consisting of 583 operational beds, servicing a veteran population of over 360,000 patients. VAPHS had made an organizational commitment to reduce methicillin...

Rural medicine: its own specialty?

Comprehensive community initiatives: a rural perspective.

This article challenges the notion that the comprehensive community initiative (CCI) is a singularly urban intervention strategy by comparing a rural comprehensive initiative with the literature on urban CCIs. Characteristics of CCIs in urban settings are discussed and compared with Warren Family Institute (WFI), a demonstration project in rural North Carolina. Findings support the thesis that ...