New report states that common drugs were not available in clinics for six to eight months and doctors were not available for 37% of the time
India is among thirteen countries that have been declared to have a high level of corruption and abysmal government performance.
According to the report prepared by the Washington based Results for Development Institute (R4D), Guatemala, Paraguay, Ghana, Kenya, Peru, Argentina, Russia, Romania, Albania, Moldova, Poland, and Indonesia are the other countries that were listed for review and assessment on these two counts.
As far as India was concerned, the report based its assessment on two districts in the state of Karnataka, which has a population of 53 million.
It quoted the Indo-Dutch project management society (IDPMS) as saying that it found that 24% of all positions were vacant at public health centres, including half of the pharmacy jobs.
They also found that common drugs were not available in health clinics for six to eight months at a time, and doctors were not available for 37% of the time during clinic hours.
In some cases, the investigators said, unqualified people were disbursing drugs because no pharmacist was available.
The report, From the Ground Up, which was published by the Brookings institution press, documents a growing phenomenon of watchdog groups in developing countries examining key issues in government performance, seizing a role that has long been delegated to Western institutions and a cadre of outside consultants.
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with thanks : source : DNA india
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