Public policy-making in India has frequently been characterized by a failure to anticipate needs, impacts, or reactions which could have reasonably been foreseen, thus impeding economic development. Policies have been reversed or changed more frequently than warranted by exogenous changes or new information. This paper is concerned with why India's policymaking structures have so much difficult...

Purpose: The quality of medical services provided by competing public hospitals is the primary consideration of the public in determining the selection of a specific hospital for treatment. The main objective of strategic planning is to improve the quality of public hospital medical services. This paper provides an introduction to the history, significance, principles and practices of public ho...

There are many reasons for the health inequities that we see around the world today. Public policy and the way society organises its affairs affects the economic, social and physical factors that influence the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age - the social determinants of health. Tackling health inequities is a political issue that requires leadership, political cour...

Vet Med Today: Public Veterinary Medicine 1271 I has been estimated that 64% of the more than 1,400 recognized human pathogens are zoonotic, and that 73% of 177 emerging or reemerging pathogens have originated in animals. Recently, agricultural professionals in routine contact with animals have been shown to have increased risks of contracting various zoonotic infections, with infected individu...

JAVMA, Vol 234, No. 5, March 1, 2009 M than 90% of all laboratory-confirmed cases of rabies in Texas each year occur in wildlife species, with skunks and bats typically being the most commonly affected species. An analysis of reports of laboratory-confirmed cases of rabies in Texas revealed that skunks were the most commonly affected species during 14 of the 20 years from 1988 through 2007, and...