Governance

Governance of health services and systems is one of the most neglected, yet crucial topic of research and action in health. However, in several low- and middle-income countries (including India), there is an urgent need to improve research and action on governance of health systems and services. Through research and action on governance of health systems and services, we seek to strengthen local and national health systems.

It is difficult to define a complex and abstract term like governance. The Institute of Governance defines it as “Governance determines who has power, who makes decisions, how other players make their voice heard and how account[ability]  is rendered.”
There are many important principles of governance that include strategic vision, rule of law, transparency, participation, responsiveness, equity, accountability, information systems and ethics (Siddiqi 2008). We have conducted studies on some of these principles like rule of law, information systems and participation.

Completed Projects

  • Health system stewardship and regulation in Vietnam, India and China (HESVIC)
  • Private Sector Regulation (KPMEA)
  1. Averting maternal deaths: Ensuring 24*7 emergency obstetric care. Health System Stewardship and Regulation in Vietnam, India and China (HESVIC). 2012
  2. Governance in the Health Sector 2012
  3. Using laws to stop government involvement in tobacco industry events 2012
  4. Good Governance in Practice 2012
  5. Improving access to safe abortion services in rural Karnataka. Health System Stewardship and Regulation in Vietnam, India and China (HESVIC). 2012
  6. She was referred from one hospital to another’: evidence on emergency obstetric care in Karnataka, India 2012
  7. Interpreting the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act by primary care providers in rural Karnataka: implications on safe abortion services. 2012
  8. HESVIC Project: India Country Report 2012
  9. Good governance in health care: the Karnataka experience 2011
  10. A critique of the draft national health research policy 2011 
  11. Health systems research and the Gadchiroli debate: a plea for universal and equitable ethics 2011
  12. Annual report to the people of India 2010
  13. Community-based planning & monitoring of public health services 2010

 

  1. European Commission
  2. WHO Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, Genevahttp
  3. Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development (NCIHD), University of Leeds, UK
  4. Hanoi School of Public Health (HSPH), Vietnam
  5. Fudan School of Public Health (FU), Fudan University, China
  6. Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Belgium
  7. Social Development and Gender Equity, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Netherlands

People

N Devadasan

Project Lead

Upendra Bhojani

Co-lead

Maya Annie Elias

Member

Vijayshree H Y

Member

Mamtha Patil

Member

Arima Mishra

Member

Sylvia Karpagam

Member

Neethi V Rao

Member

Meena Putturaj

Member

Projects