Mohammad Arshad

Title: MEASURING HEALTH PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS:A Case Study of National Program for Family Planning and Primary Health Care (NP-FP & PHC) in District DG Khan (Pakistan)

New Tittle: IMPACT OF LADY HEALTH WORKER PROGRAM ON INFANT MORTALITY:

A Case Study of Rural Areas of District Dera Ghazi Khan (Pakistan)

Comments:

A: Lit Review is Annotated Bibliography.

B: Infant Mortality is important. GOAL of research should be to FIND OUT why it is HIGH, and WHAT can be done to reduce it. Goal should not be to run regressions and get degree from MEANINGLESS thesis.

C: Lit Review should discuss previous papers which have researched CAUSES for high infant mortality. For EACH such research, it should be assessed whether the CAUSE is relevant for the Pakistani context. If so it should be incorporated into the research.

D: Look at the methodology which has been used in the past. If this is satisfactory, it can be replicated. If not, then we should explain why it is wrong, and how it can be fixed, or improved. Again this should become clear from the lit. review.

E: There should be focus on exlaining how the research will ADD to existing literature, and What value it will have.

F: FINALLY, The link to Economics is not made. One should link the Infant Mortality to HDI, and explain HOW MUCH impact it can make on the HDI if suitable policy to implement improvement in Infant Mortality are carried out.