Jeffrey S. Hammer
NCAER and Princeton University
Abstract:
Why is good quality health care so hard to deliver? That environmental conditions are major determinants of health is fairly well established worldwide. This seminar will present the results of three research projects that make the case for treating sanitation as an extremely high priority for Indian policymakers if they wish to attain their stated goal of better health for the Indian rural and urban public. The research to be presented will include:
1) an interstate comparison of sanitation and curative care;
2) a randomized control trial of the Total Sanitation Campaign in rural Maharashtra; and
3) preliminary results of a study of urban infrastructure and health in Delhi’s slums
Date: August 7, 2013
Time: 03:30 P.M.
Venue:
NCAER Conference Room 1
National Council of Applied Economic Research
Parisila Bhawan, 11, Indraprastha Estate
New Delhi-110002(INDIA)
Location:
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Note:
Please join us for high tea after the seminar and to view a special exhibit, The Promise of NCAER, in the NCAER Lobby. For queries, please contact Ms Sudesh Bala at sbala@ncaer.org or on 011-2345-2669
NCAER and Princeton University
Abstract:
Why is good quality health care so hard to deliver? That environmental conditions are major determinants of health is fairly well established worldwide. This seminar will present the results of three research projects that make the case for treating sanitation as an extremely high priority for Indian policymakers if they wish to attain their stated goal of better health for the Indian rural and urban public. The research to be presented will include:
1) an interstate comparison of sanitation and curative care;
2) a randomized control trial of the Total Sanitation Campaign in rural Maharashtra; and
3) preliminary results of a study of urban infrastructure and health in Delhi’s slums
Date: August 7, 2013
Time: 03:30 P.M.
Venue:
NCAER Conference Room 1
National Council of Applied Economic Research
Parisila Bhawan, 11, Indraprastha Estate
New Delhi-110002(INDIA)
Location:
View Larger Map
Note:
Please join us for high tea after the seminar and to view a special exhibit, The Promise of NCAER, in the NCAER Lobby. For queries, please contact Ms Sudesh Bala at sbala@ncaer.org or on 011-2345-2669
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