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State of Urban Health in Delhi

Author: Urban Health Resource Centre 
InfoShare Partner: Urban Health Resource Centre
Publication Date: September 2007
Update Date: November 2007
Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper
Topics: Environment and health/population, Population growth/trends
Region: Asia/Pacific
Language: English
Additional information: UHRC in collaboration with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has finalised the State of Urban Health reports for Delhi. This report provides urban poor specific information for Delhi, based on an analysis of the second round of the National Family Health Survey. Policies and programmes which affect the health of the urban poor in the state have also been analyzed. This report aima to better informing policy makers and programme managers in formulating effective policies and programmes for improving health conditions of urban poor settlements.
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This report is an attempt to bridge the information gap on health of the urban poor in Delhi. The Urban Health Resource Centre has been designated as the nodal technical agency for urban health program by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India. Based on request of the MoHFW to develop reports reflecting health scenario of urban poor in select Indian states, UHRC analysed the National Family Health Survey (NFHS- 2) data to arrive at health estimates of the urban poor and additionally undertook analyses of policies and programs aimed at improving health of urban poor in the state. This report is part of a series of state Urban Health Reports for better informing the urban health programming efforts in the respective states