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    Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action (SNEHA): An Ethos of Care
    (2023) Menaka Rao; Shantanu Menon; Kushagra Merchant; Aruna Pandey
    This case study documents the journey of SNEHA- a public health organization that works in dense poor and low income urban settlements. It emphasizes on prevention and adopting community based approaches to reduce excessive reliance on institution-led public health delivery. It also documents organizational culture of appreciative inquiry, and use of technology and community based models that has allowed SNEHA to flourish in a rapidly urbanizing agglomeration.
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    Citizen Monitoring to Promote the Right to Health Care and Accountability
    (2014) Ariel Frisancho; Maria Luisa Vasquez
    This Case Study highlights the role of citizen monitoring and engagement in designing and implementation of social policies and building a transparent and accountable health care system. It shows how a strategic alliance between citizen and civil society combined with international human rights framework can be used to strenghten the capacity of rural women's agency and improve the quality of health care services at the local level.
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    Giving Birth at Home in Resource-Scarce Regions of India: An Argument for Making the Women-Centric Approach of the Traditional Dias Sustainable
    (2021) Bijoya Roy; Imrana Qadeer; Mira Sadgopal; Janet Chawla
    The report examines how dais’ traditional knowledges and practices can manage low-risk births while empowering low-income women during labor and delivery. While traditional birth attendants or dias have been marginalized in the maternity care policy and their contibution towards maternal and neonatal care has been underappreciated. Despite their marginalization they continue to assist homebirths in low resource areas of the country. The study attempts to explore why many Indian women still choose dais in rural areas with poor infrastructure and low quality of facility-based care. It highlights dias and their skills continue to be effective because they share the cluture, language and social background of their clients and offer "cultural safety".