Five faculty members of IPH participated in the Junior Researchers Workshop from 14th to 17th June, organized by the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam.
The participants belonged to three study countries namely Vietnam, India and China. This workshop was organized to help the researchers to have a shared understanding of HESVIC key concepts and to develop skills in qualitative research methods including data collection and analysis.
Dr.Tanya and Dr. N Devadasan visited the Comprehensive Health Insurance Agency Kerala (CHIAK) at the invitation of Kerala Government.
The aim of the visit was to understand the existing Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna(RSBY) program in Kerala and identify ways to strengthen it.
They also interacted with other stakeholders including patients, empanelled hospitals, Third party administrators,the Insurance company and the software company.
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