All types of development planning rely on statistics. At the national level, the main source of statistical information used for macroeconomic policymaking is the system of national accounts. The system of national accounts is flawed in that it does not fully account for the role of environmental resources in national development. This point was forcefully underscored by Robert Repetto and othe...

National governments have responsibility for national transport infrastructure, including roads, railways, ports and airports, but they also provide the regulatory and governance structure within which regional and local governments, private operators and transport users operate. While there is a considerable literature on infrastructure development for the different modes, there has been relat...

the fifth iranian national congress on the biology of addiction was held in 22-24 june 2011 in tehran university of medical sciences with over 100 valuable oral and poster presentations and over 300 participants. one of the main sessions of the congress was devoted to a national strategic planning and iranian drug control head quarter (dchq) introducing the first national executive road map on ...

In the US, planning for the next influenza pandemic is occurring in parallel at the national, state and local levels. Certain issues, such as conducting surveillance and purchasing pandemic vaccine, require co-ordination at the national level. However, most prevention and control actions will be implemented at the state and local levels, which vary widely in terms of population demographics, cu...

It is an ongoing system that col­ lects data on clinic-based visits for family planning services in the United States and some of its terri­ tories (Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands). The scope of the National Reporting System for Family Planning Services includes medical family planning visits occurring in clinics (operated by public health departments, private organizations uch as af...

HEALTHiADMNISTRAION The provision of health care services to the people of India is a basic responsibility of state governments and to some extent of municipal corporations of the larger cities. The Union Government is responsible for this provision in Union administered territories. (a) Central Administration. The Union Government, through the Ministry of Health, generally has largely advisory...

BACKGROUND Prior experience and the persisting threat of influenza pandemic indicate the need for global and local preparedness and public health response capacity. The pandemic of 2009 highlighted the importance of such planning and the value of prior efforts at all levels. Our review of the public health response to this pandemic in Pune, India, considers the challenges of integrating global ...

The present case study documents an experiment initiated by the State Family Planning Commission – now the National Population and Family Planning Commission – in 1995 to introduce the quality-of-care approach into China’s family planning programme in a few counties and districts. The introduction of this approach, which focuses on the standardized services and the client’s choices, was to serv...