Dear Forum members, Season's Greetings !! Your kind attention and help is urgently required. We are preparing a database under collaboration with WHO and required to collect the required information for the identified areas. This would include identification and collection of material in the selected areas/issues through varoius sources. The material would be empirical , primary and secondary based studeis , policypapers, seminar/workshop/conference reports, proceedings and presentations, reports of various committees and commissions and journal searchers amongst others, with a focus on India. For full text of journal articles, papers, research reports etc. that are copyright the abstracts with various details may be provided with a note ( will be included in the format) that contains information as to access to full text availability. Araes to be covered are :- a.. Health expenditure ( Including public) b.. User Charges c.. Cost Analysis d.. Decentralisation ( including district health systems) e.. Quality of care This information can be gathered from library searches, journal searches , web searches identifying institutions and organisations ( including bilateral and multilateral agencies and concerned government departmenst, NGOS etc.) Forum members are requested to kindly send the relevant information to the undersigned at the earliest. Guidance in this regard is also appreciated. Kindly circulate this matter to the concerned person's and institutions. regards and best wishes Lata Suresh Librarian Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg Sanganer Airport Jaipur 302033 RAJASTHAN, INDIA Tel : 91-0141-2791431-34 Fax: 91-0141-2792138 Email : lata@iihmr.org Dear Forum members,   Season's Greetings !!   Your kind attention and help is urgently required.   We are preparing a database under collaboration with WHO and required to collect the required information for the identified areas. This would include identification and collection of material in the selected areas/issues through varoius sources. The material would be empirical , primary and secondary based studeis , policypapers, seminar/workshop/conference reports, proceedings and presentations, reports of various committees and commissions and journal searchers amongst others, with a focus on India. For full text of journal articles, papers, research reports etc. that are copyright the abstracts with various details may be provided with a note ( will be included in the format) that contains information as to access to full text availability. Araes to be covered are :- Health expenditure ( Including public) User Charges Cost Analysis Decentralisation ( including district health systems) Quality of care   This information can be gathered from library searches, journal searches , web searches identifying institutions and organisations ( including bilateral and multilateral agencies and concerned government departmenst, NGOS etc.)   Forum members are requested to kindly send the relevant information to the undersigned at the earliest. Guidance in this regard is also appreciated. Kindly circulate this matter to the concerned person's and institutions.   regards and best wishes     Lata Suresh Librarian Institute of Health Management Research 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg Sanganer Airport Jaipur 302033 RAJASTHAN, INDIA Tel : 91-0141-2791431-34 Fax: 91-0141-2792138 Email : mailto:lata@iihmr.org lata@iihmr.org