In India, where a major population lives in rural area it becomes essential that e-governance is available there. ICT plays a key role in e-governance, and so it becomes essential that ICT reaches rural masses. This will lead to good governance which in turn will lead to better administration, better interaction, less corruption and more transparency in the government. This paper deals with the...

Introduction With a high maternal mortality ratio (of 212 per 100000 live births), provision of quality maternal healthcare services has remained a challenge in India. In 2005, government of India launched the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to improve healthcare services and health status of population in rural India with a focus on maternal and child health. In this paper we compared fin...

INTRODUCTION The rural health system in India has long been disadvantaged by a shortage of health staff, including doctors. Providing medical students with a rural clinical placement has been suggested as one strategy to overcome this shortage. This study examined the attitudes of and inclination to rural healthcare careers among medical students. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed...

OBJECTIVES National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) - India was launched in 2005 to tackle urban-rural health inequalities, especially in maternal and child health. We examined national and state level trends in Infant Mortality Rates (IMR) from 2000 through 2009 to: 1) assess whether the NRHM had increased the average annual reduction rate (AARR) of IMR 2) evaluate state-wise progress towards Mill...

Objectives. To describe the application of teleophthalmology in rural and underserved areas of India. Study Design. This paper describes the major teleophthalmology projects in India and its benefits. Results. Teleophthalmology is the use of telecommunication for electronic transfer of health-related data from rural and underserved areas of India to specialities in urban cities. The MDRF/WDF Ru...

Amongst the emerging Asian Economies, India is a nation with 70 % of population living in rural areas which casts pressure on Government to focus more on development of Rural India. ICT acts as a provider of major opportunities to rural livelihoods and contributes towards poverty reduction. Productivity of rural areas can be enhanced by usage of ICT. Through various E-Governance initiatives lik...

In recent years India is experiencing a rapid economic growth, especially after the 1990s when India started to liberalize its economy in a full scale. However, the author emphasizes the critical importance of the preceded 1980s when Indian agricultural sector registered a high growth rate. The Green Revolution in India started in the late 1960s and with its success India attained food self-suf...

number: 020-0606 Abstract Title: What drives mobile service adoption in India? : An empirical evaluation Karuna Jain and Ruchita Gupta Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ([email protected] [email protected]) Tel.:+91-22-2576 7785/7781; Fax +91-22-25722872/25723480 POMS 22st Annual Conference Reno, Nevada,USA April 29 to May 2, 2011 What drives mobile...

Oral Presentations 881 Sponsored Sessions 900 Poster Presentations 902 Index 912 8th World Congress on Itch (WCI) 2015 September 27–29, 2015 at the Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA, Nara, Japan N A RA JA PA N 2 015 8th World Co ng re ss o n I t c h