Ayesha Decosta

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Affiliation: Karolinska Institutet
Country: Sweden

Publications

  1. ncbi 'Where is the public health sector?' Public and private sector healthcare provision in Madhya Pradesh, India
    Ayesha De Costa
    RD Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India
    Health Policy 84:269-76. 2007
  2. ncbi India's JSY cash transfer program for maternal health: who participates and who doesn't--a report from Ujjain district
    Kristi Sidney
    Division of Global Health, Nobels väg 9, Karolinska Insitutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Reprod Health 9:2. 2012
  3. ncbi Mapping private pharmacies and their characteristics in Ujjain district, Central India
    Yogesh D Sabde
    R, d, Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, India
    BMC Health Serv Res 11:351. 2011
  4. ncbi By 'default or design'? The expansion of the private health care sector in Madhya Pradesh, India
    Ayesha De Costa
    Division of Global Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Health Policy 103:283-9. 2011
  5. ncbi Tuberculosis suspicion and knowledge among private and public general practitioners: Questionnaire Based Study in Oman
    Abdullah A Al-Maniri
    Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of International Health IHCAR, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
    BMC Public Health 8:177. 2008
  6. ncbi High rates of adherence and treatment success in a public and public-private HIV clinic in India: potential benefits of standardized national care delivery systems
    Anita Shet
    Department of Pediatrics, St John s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India
    BMC Health Serv Res 11:277. 2011
  7. ncbi Immigrants and health system challenges to TB control in Oman
    Abdullah Al-Maniri
    College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
    BMC Health Serv Res 10:210. 2010
  8. ncbi Co-receptor tropism prediction among 1045 Indian HIV-1 subtype C sequences: Therapeutic implications for India
    Ujjwal Neogi
    Department of Pediatrics, St, John s Medical College and Hospital, St, John s National Academy of Health Sciences, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore 560034, India
    AIDS Res Ther 7:24. 2010
  9. ncbi Design of a randomized trial to evaluate the influence of mobile phone reminders on adherence to first line antiretroviral treatment in South India--the HIVIND study protocol
    Ayesha De Costa
    Division of Global Health, Nobels väg 9, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
    BMC Med Res Methodol 10:25. 2010
  10. ncbi Where are healthcare providers? Exploring relationships between context and human resources for health Madhya Pradesh province, India
    Ayesha De Costa
    Division of International Health, Dept of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Health Policy 93:41-7. 2009

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Publications14

  1. ncbi 'Where is the public health sector?' Public and private sector healthcare provision in Madhya Pradesh, India
    Ayesha De Costa
    RD Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India
    Health Policy 84:269-76. 2007
    ..This paper aims to empirically demonstrate the size and composition of the private health care sector in one of India's largest provinces, Madhya Pradesh...
  2. ncbi India's JSY cash transfer program for maternal health: who participates and who doesn't--a report from Ujjain district
    Kristi Sidney
    Division of Global Health, Nobels väg 9, Karolinska Insitutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Reprod Health 9:2. 2012
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  3. ncbi Mapping private pharmacies and their characteristics in Ujjain district, Central India
    Yogesh D Sabde
    R, d, Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, India
    BMC Health Serv Res 11:351. 2011
    ..This study was a cross sectional survey that mapped private pharmacies in one district on a geographic information system and described relevant characteristics of these units...
  4. ncbi By 'default or design'? The expansion of the private health care sector in Madhya Pradesh, India
    Ayesha De Costa
    Division of Global Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Health Policy 103:283-9. 2011
    ..There is no evidence suggesting that this privatization at anytime has been deliberate. So what has contributed to the private healthcare sector becoming so dominant in the setting?..
  5. ncbi Tuberculosis suspicion and knowledge among private and public general practitioners: Questionnaire Based Study in Oman
    Abdullah A Al-Maniri
    Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of International Health IHCAR, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
    BMC Public Health 8:177. 2008
    ..The objective of this study is to measure TB suspicion and knowledge among private and public sector general practitioners using clinical vignette-based survey and structured questionnaire...
  6. ncbi High rates of adherence and treatment success in a public and public-private HIV clinic in India: potential benefits of standardized national care delivery systems
    Anita Shet
    Department of Pediatrics, St John s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India
    BMC Health Serv Res 11:277. 2011
    ..This study aimed to understand patient characteristics and treatment outcomes from different HIV healthcare settings in Bangalore, India...
  7. ncbi Immigrants and health system challenges to TB control in Oman
    Abdullah Al-Maniri
    College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
    BMC Health Serv Res 10:210. 2010
    ..However, the national TB control program elimination target has yet to be reached. This study aims to explore the perceived roles played by the immigrant population and the private health sector in relation to TB control in Oman...
  8. ncbi Co-receptor tropism prediction among 1045 Indian HIV-1 subtype C sequences: Therapeutic implications for India
    Ujjwal Neogi
    Department of Pediatrics, St, John s Medical College and Hospital, St, John s National Academy of Health Sciences, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore 560034, India
    AIDS Res Ther 7:24. 2010
    ..The objective of this study was to determine using in silico methods, HIV-1 tropism among a large number of Indian isolates both from primary clinical isolates as well as from database-derived sequences...
  9. ncbi Design of a randomized trial to evaluate the influence of mobile phone reminders on adherence to first line antiretroviral treatment in South India--the HIVIND study protocol
    Ayesha De Costa
    Division of Global Health, Nobels väg 9, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
    BMC Med Res Methodol 10:25. 2010
    ..This paper presents the study protocol for a trial, to evaluate the influence of mobile phone reminders on adherence to first-line antiretroviral treatment in South India...
  10. ncbi Where are healthcare providers? Exploring relationships between context and human resources for health Madhya Pradesh province, India
    Ayesha De Costa
    Division of International Health, Dept of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Health Policy 93:41-7. 2009
    ..Access to healthcare providers for scheduled castes and tribes was specifically studied...
  11. ncbi Managing with maps? The development and institutionalization of a map-based health management information system in Madhya Pradesh, India
    A de Costa
    Division of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Scand J Public Health 36:99-106. 2008
    ..Sample outputs and statistics from the system for one district are presented. The implementation dynamics and the preliminary performance of the system are discussed...
  12. ncbi Barriers of mistrust: public and private health sectors' perceptions of each other in Madhya Pradesh, India
    Ayesha De Costa
    Division of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Qual Health Res 18:756-66. 2008
    ..They can be best addressed by necessary structural change before any significant long-term partnership between the two sectors is possible...
  13. ncbi Supporting adherence to antiretroviral therapy with mobile phone reminders: results from a cohort in South India
    Rashmi Rodrigues
    Division of Global Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    PLoS ONE 7:e40723. 2012
    ..Participant experiences with the intervention were also studied. This is the first report of such an intervention for antiretroviral adherence from India, a country with over 800 million mobile connections...
  14. ncbi Patterns of drug use in the public sector primary health centers of Bhopal district
    Ayesha De Costa
    Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of International Health IHCAR, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 9, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
    Pharm World Sci 30:584-9. 2008
    ..This study was conducted as part of the provincial health Department's efforts to develop a state drug policy. It was intended to inform policy elements concerned with the promotion of rational drug use...