IndiaCLEN Program Evaluation Network [IPEN] VISION Facilitate development and implementation of people friendly, effective Public Health Programs that are in harmony with their socio-cultural beliefs, thus creating a milieu where service providers get motivated and communities consider Public Health Services beneficial and willingly participate Cover Design by: Mr. Gouri Shankar Mukherjee Injection equipment, technique, rational use along with waste disposal mechanism influence the safety of an INJECTION Published by: Central Coordinating Team on behalf of IndiaCLEN Program Evaluation Network Website: http://www.ipen.org.in email:
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[email protected] Investigators Principal Investigator & Project Coordinator Dr. Narendra K. Arora Professor Department of Pediatrics All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi CCT Members Dr. Thomas Mathew Dr. S. Rema Devi Professor Associate Professor Department of Community Medicine Department of Community Medicine T.D. Medical College Medical College Alappuzha Thiruvananthapuram Ms. Sneh Rewal Dr. Kiran Goswami Consultant Additional Professor Child Development & Nutrition Department of Community Medicine United Nations International Children’s Fund, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Lodhi Estate, New Delhi New Delhi Dr. Kalyan K. Ganguly Dr. Ritu Priya Mehrotra Assistant Professor Associate Professor Institute of Human Behavior Department of Community Medicine & Allied Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University Delhi New Delhi Dr. M. Lakshman Dr. S. Vivek Adhish Consultant Social Scientist Reader, Department of Pediatrics Community Health Administration All India Institute of Medical Sciences National Institute of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi New Delhi Ms.