Understanding informal markets: The roles and perspectives of RMPs in West Bengal and Karnataka, India
Future Health Systems
Dr Asha George of JHSPH presents work on the role of informal health care providers in India at the Health System Reform in Asia conference held in December 2011 in Hong Kong. She compares West Bengal and Karnataka -- two states with very different health profiles -- providing both qualitative and quantitative insights into how and why the poor use poorly trained rural medical practitioners as their first port of call when accessing health services.