Slums of India

The inspiration to write this book came from the collection of data for a Need Assess-ment Study of a local slum near the author's residence. The buildings in the slum locality, the inhabitants and their livelihood, the availability of infrastructure, both governmental and private, in their vicinity and above all, the requirements and expectations of the popula-tion, all helped the author undertake this study and thus the outcome of this book. The objective of the book is to bring to the fore the governmental health care admin-istration and delivery machinery, its policies, programmes andtheir utilization by the un-derprivileged population of Chennai City. The significant deliverance and usage, vis-à-vis the health care sector to the needy population is studied in this book.