A Treatise on Hygiene and Public Health

A Treatise on Hygiene and Public Health: With Special Reference to the Tropics

A Treatise on Hygiene and Public Health

are of little use to the Indian student. A new chapter has been added on animal parasites, one on school hygiene and two on maternity and child welfare. A most important advantage of the book is that it does not attempt to teach too much. The Indian student usually suffers from the well meant efforts of his teachers to give him a complete course of instruction in each subject of the curriculum,...

A Treatise on Hygiene and Public Health with Special Reference to the Tropics

Hygiene and Public Health by Dr. B. N. Ghosh is well-known to the students and teachers alike. This is the thirteenth edition of the book since its first publication in 1912. That it has served its purpose well during these long 41 years is by itself an evidence of its popularity and usefulness. But what had been taught in Hygiene and Public Health in 1912 has certainly undergone a great deal o...

Pay for Performance: A Reflection on How a Global Perspective Could Enhance Policy and Research

Pay-for-performance (P4P) is the provision of financial incentives to healthcare providers based on pre-specified performance targets. P4P has been used as a policy tool to improve healthcare provision globally. However, researchers tend to cluster into those working on high or low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with still limited knowledge exchange, potentially ...

National Health Service Principles as Experienced by Vulnerable London Migrants in “Austerity Britain”: A Qualitative Study of Rights, Entitlements, and Civil-Society Advocacy

Background Recent British National Health Service (NHS) reforms, in response to austerity and alleged ‘health tourism,’ could impose additional barriers to healthcare access for non-European Economic Area (EEA) migrants. This study explores policy reform challenges and implications, using excerpts from the perspectives of non-EEA migrants and health advocates in London.   Methods A qualitative ...