SPECIAL STUDIES

Special studies sponsored by NIRPHAD

Studies on ground water: Quality and Soil of Mathura District, U.P.
By Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (SCCRI)- 1965.
The document was the basis for the soil and water harvesting programme. Not sponsored by NIRPHAD.

Health and Development - Development plan for Naujhil Block, Mathura District, U.P.
By AVARD (Mr. S.D Thapar- Research Director of AVARD), dated June 1997.

Socio-economic survey of Naujhil Block, Mathura District
By AVARD-A.K Sachdeva.
Computerized data processed by statistical laboratory of NCAER and Computer Centre of Delhi University, dated May 1978.  

Case study of NIRPHAD Programme
By Ms. Van Shaik, of Harvard school of International Health. Sponsored by Ford Foundation.

Case study of NIRPHAD - NIRD - Hyderabad, A.P.

Special studies in association with national and International institutions include:

• Evaluation of the initial programme by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER-1985).
• The Staff College of Hyderabad conducted a health component, simultaneously.
• The National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) used the NIRPHAD model for a case study.
• Two presentations were made to the ‘ child 2000’ and World Congress of Public Health Association, on the subjects: 
  • "Who is responsible for the sex of the child?- the father" (Vancouver, Canada).
  • "Computer Applications for Rural Health and Development" (Arusha, Tanzania).
• Dr. Reginald Britt, UK, (FRC Path.) has introduced the new WHO color card and has trained the lab staff and VLCs in the proper use and interpretation of the card. He also introduced a Hemo-Q which is a more sophisticated and accurate instrument to measure Hb. Levels. His study was published in the Indiana Journal of Heamatology (Indian Journal of Hematology  (Ind J Hemat & Blood Transf 1999: Vol. 17: No 1; 14-15). This study is the first of its kind for India and second in the whole world where a color card was used to double check the results with a Hemo-Q.
  
  Use of the new WHO color scale for haemoglobin estimation in urban and rural clinics
  - (By A Kumar, E.B. Sundaram , M. K. Vyas & R. P. Britt)
  
  
• Several articles were published in the Journal of the Christian Medical Association related to Health and Development.
• Various articles on Health Administration (Journal of the CMAI)
• Linkage between Health Services and Integrated Development in a Rural Area – (ICMR- Publication)
• Community Health Services as a complementary factor in the process of Rural Development with social Justice (CMAI – Journal)
• Case study of NIRPHAD
• An Experiment in Rural Development (NIRPHAD) - Indian witness
• NIRPHAD makes the difference in one year.
• NIRPHAD evaluations between the period of ’85-’87 were selected by the US Library of Congress (Delhi) in microfiche format. Currently this document is available in digital format.
• Presentations were made by NIRPHAD at several national and International forums, but the latest was at the National Defense College, New Delhi, on the subject: "NGOs- Role and Effectiveness-Altruism Vs. Pragmatism".