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The success of Kerala’s Health Care System is often – at least to some extent – attributed to the democratic decentralization model the state adopted in 1996, namely, the People’s Planning Campaign. While health indicators of Kerala are considered on par with countries of the Global North, lately the state has been witnessing a stagnation...
The concept of ‘social determinants’ of health is defined by the World Health Organisation as “The non-medical factors that influence health outcomes. They are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life. These forces and systems include ...
Vimala (fictitious name) loved her role as a gram(a) sevika ( i.e. a woman employed to advise and assist villagers in matters of community welfare and development – in Kerala (local language) known as ‘grama sevika’). Whenever she had the opportunity to help poor villagers collect their welfare pensions, she felt a deep sense of satisfact...
