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Aid policy and financing
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The Debt Relief Initiative and public health spending in Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs)
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S. Gupta; B. Clements; M.T. Guin-Siu; L. Leruth
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Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO,
2001
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The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative is the first international effort to reduce the external debt of the world’s poorest, most heavily indebted countries, and represents an impo...
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The evidence base for interventions to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in Low and Middle-Income countries
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H. Gelband; J. Liljestrand; L. Nemer; M. Islam; J. Zupan; P. Jha
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Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO,
2001
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Reviews the scale of maternal and neonatal mortality and serious morbidity in low and middle income countries, and the factors that account for the huge discrepancies in the rates of these poor outcom...
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The evidence base for interventions to reduce malaria mortality in low and middle-income countries
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S. Meek; J. Hill; J. Webster
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Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO,
2001
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With more than 2,400 million people at risk from malaria, the Roll Back Malaria Initiative aims to half the burden of the disease by 2010, but what is the malaria burden, and how can it be overcome? T...
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The evidence base for interventions in the care and management of AIDS in Low and Middle Income countries
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B. Willbond; P. Thottingal; J. Kimani; L. ME Vaz; F.A. Plummer
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Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO,
2001
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Describes the clinical stages of HIV/AIDS, the scope of the problem of care, potential interventions and evidence of their effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, and constraints to scaling up the effec...
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Modelling the HIV/AIDS epidemics in India and Botswana: the effect of interventions
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N. Nagelkerke; P Jha; S. de Vlas; E. Korenromp; S. Moses; J.B.F. Plummer
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Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO,
2001
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In order to identify best strategies for HIV/AIDS control in two different countries, India and Botswana, the authors developed a dynamic compartmental simulation model.Several interventions were ...
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GATS and trade in health insurance services: background note for WHO commission on macroeconomics and health
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D. J. Lipson
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Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO,
2001
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This note provides background on the treatment of health insurance services by GATS, and explains the relevance of current GATS negotiations for health insurance trade. It begins with a general descri...
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Trade in health services
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R. Chanda
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Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO,
2001
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The objective of this study is to provide an overview of the nature of international trade in health services and the lessons that can be learnt from the national, regional, and multilateral experienc...
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Protection of traditional medicine
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R. Wilder
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Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO,
2001
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Paper emphasises the importance of the protection of traditional medicine. It gives a definition of traditional knowledge, with particular emphasis on traditional medicine and examines the role of tra...
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Post-TRIPS options for access to patented medicines in developing countries
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F. M. Scherer; J. Watal
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Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO,
2001
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Since developing countries spend a large percentage of their private household health expenditures on drugs, affordability of patented medicines is particularly important. This paper, produced by the ...
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Structural adjustment and health: a literature review of the debate, its role-players and presented empirical evidence
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A. Breman; C. Shelton
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Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO,
2001
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This article discusses the relationship between health and structural adjustment programs. This paper identifies the major players in the debate, their arguments and tracks changes in the debate over ...
