Gita Sen, Professor at Centre for Public Policy at IIMB delivered the Anusandhan Trust's Krishna Raj Memorial Lecture on Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Sciences, held at Mumbai on April 9, 2010.
The lecture was organized by the Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT), in association with eSocial Sciences; Department of Economics, Mumbai University; PG Department of Economics, SNDT Women's University and Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) at Marshal Hall, Jawaharlal Nehru Library, University of Mumbai.
Professor Gita Sen spoke on the topic 'Equity and Health in the Era of Reforms'. She deliberated on "What changes have occurred in the patterns of access to and use of health care services across different socio-economic groups and genders as economic reforms and liberalization policies has taken hold? What impact might these changes have had on different population sub-groups? Data from the all-India health surveys conducted by the National Sample Survey in the mid-1980s, -1990s and -2000s allow detailed analysis of the extent of untreated illness, the reasons for non-treatment, the rising cost of health care, and the effects of the shifting public-private mix. India's health care system was already highly inequitable in the mid 1980s prior to the start of economic reforms in 1991. Over 70% of health expenditure was out of pocket (a globally recognized indicator for an inequitable health system); there were large rural - urban differences in availability of services; public and a lot of private health service was of poor quality and had a very uneven reach; and the private sector was very poorly regulated. How has this changed in the subsequent period?"
Professor Gita Sen joined IIMB in 1993. She served as the Sir Ratan Tata Chair Professor at IIMB during 2000-2006. Her key research areas are Health and Population; Gender and development; Inequality. Professor Gita Sen also serves as Adjunct Professor of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University from 2002 to present.
She was awarded the Honorary Doctor of Medicine and Foreign Adjunct Professor title in May 2003 by Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. She received D.Litt (honoris causa) from University of East Anglia, Norwich in 1998. Professor Gita Sen was honoured with the Volvo Environment Prize in 1994.
She has also served on numerous boards and committees. Professor Gita Sen holds an M.A. in Economics from the University of Delhi and a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University, USA.
Gita Sen, Professor at Centre for Public Policy at IIMB delivered the Anusandhan Trust's Krishna Raj Memorial Lecture on Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Sciences, held at Mumbai on April 9, 2010.
The lecture was organized by the Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT), in association with eSocial Sciences; Department of Economics, Mumbai University; PG Department of Economics, SNDT Women's University and Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) at Marshal Hall, Jawaharlal Nehru Library, University of Mumbai.
Professor Gita Sen spoke on the topic 'Equity and Health in the Era of Reforms'. She deliberated on "What changes have occurred in the patterns of access to and use of health care services across different socio-economic groups and genders as economic reforms and liberalization policies has taken hold? What impact might these changes have had on different population sub-groups? Data from the all-India health surveys conducted by the National Sample Survey in the mid-1980s, -1990s and -2000s allow detailed analysis of the extent of untreated illness, the reasons for non-treatment, the rising cost of health care, and the effects of the shifting public-private mix. India's health care system was already highly inequitable in the mid 1980s prior to the start of economic reforms in 1991. Over 70% of health expenditure was out of pocket (a globally recognized indicator for an inequitable health system); there were large rural - urban differences in availability of services; public and a lot of private health service was of poor quality and had a very uneven reach; and the private sector was very poorly regulated. How has this changed in the subsequent period?"
Professor Gita Sen joined IIMB in 1993. She served as the Sir Ratan Tata Chair Professor at IIMB during 2000-2006. Her key research areas are Health and Population; Gender and development; Inequality. Professor Gita Sen also serves as Adjunct Professor of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University from 2002 to present.
She was awarded the Honorary Doctor of Medicine and Foreign Adjunct Professor title in May 2003 by Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. She received D.Litt (honoris causa) from University of East Anglia, Norwich in 1998. Professor Gita Sen was honoured with the Volvo Environment Prize in 1994.
She has also served on numerous boards and committees. Professor Gita Sen holds an M.A. in Economics from the University of Delhi and a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University, USA.