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. 2008 Nov;86(11):829.
doi: 10.2471/blt.08.071108.

Devolved power: key for health care in India. An interview with Michael Tharakan

Michael Tharakan

Devolved power: key for health care in India. An interview with Michael Tharakan

Michael Tharakan. Bull World Health Organ. 2008 Nov.

Abstract

India’s colonial past, embedded caste system and uneven approach to decentralizing services have impeded universal access to health care. Professor Michael Tharakan talks to the Bulletin about the challenges of getting health care to the masses in India, the world’s second largest country with a population of 1.1 billion.

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