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How much would poor people gain from faster progress towards the Millennium Development Goals for health?: ( D. R. Gwatkin / The Lancet , 2005); This article, published in The Lancet, explores what further progress towards the health objectives set out in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will mean for the poor. The autho...
Iatrogenic poverty: ( B. Meessen; Z. Zhenzhong; W. van Damme; N. Devadasan; B. Criel; G. Bloom / Tropical Medicine & International Health , 2003); This article, published in Tropical Medicine and International Health, examines the issues surrounding “iatrogenic poverty” – poverty caused by spending on medical treatment. In countries which have ...
Health and social protection: meeting the needs of the very poor: ( G. Bloom / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester , 2005); This paper from the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre explores the policy implications of bringing together work on the burden of disease and on social protection. It argues that the analysis of re...
Effect of payments for health care on poverty estimates in 11 countries in Asia: an analysis of household survey data: ( E. van Doorslaer;O. O'Donnell;P. Rannan-Eliya / The Lancet , 2006); This study, published in the Lancet, aims to reassess measures of poverty in 11 low- and middle-income countries in Asia by calculating total household resources both with and without out-of-pocket pa...
Social risk management: a new conceptual framework for social protection and beyond: ( R. Holzmann; S. Jørgensen / World Bank , 2000); This paper, published by the World Bank, examines the concepts of social protection and risk management. It argues that social protection should be redefined as public interventions to assist individ...
Health and poverty linkages: perspectives of the chronically poor: ( U. Grant / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre , 2005); This paper from the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre maps out the linkages between ill health and chronic or long-term poverty, drawing from perspectives of the poor. It identifies factors that und...
Facing the challenges of health care financing: ( A. Dixon; J. Langenbrunner; E. Mossialos / European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies , 2004); This article, published by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies as chapter 3 of the book "Health Services in Transition: Learning from Experience," examines efforts to strengthen he...
Social protection sector strategy: from safety net to springboard: ( R. Holzmann; S. Jørgensen; C. Allison; A. Dar / World Bank , 2003); This strategy paper, published by the World Bank, traces the history of the Bank’s activities in the social protection sector, outlines a new framework emphasising the role of social protection in hel...
Transformative social protection: ( S. Devereux; R. Sabates-Wheeler / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2004); This paper, published by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), discusses the concept of social protection and the ways in which social protection policy has worked in practice, drawing on exampl...
Reaching the poor with health, nutrition, and population services: what works, what doesn’t, and why: ( D. Gwatkin; A. Wagstaff; A. Yazbeck / World Bank , 2005); This book, from the Reaching the Poor Program (RPP), provides eleven case studies that document how health, nutrition and population programmes have performed in reaching disadvantaged groups. The stu...
Poverty measurement and analysis: ( A. Coudouel;J. S. Hentschel;Q. T. Wodon / Poverty Reduction Strategies and PRSPs, PovertyNet, World Bank , 2002); This chapter, aimed at policy makers, offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis from the World Bank. The authors take a broad look at tools for analysis and provide a brief in...
Chronic poverty report 2004-2005: ( Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK , 2004); This major report from the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) examines what chronic poverty is and why it matters, who the chronically poor are, where they live, what causes poverty to be persiste...
Basic services for the poorest: ( D. Hulme / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK , 2004); This Powerpoint presentation, produced by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, explores the issues surrounding basic services for the severely poor (those who are far below a poverty line) and the chr...
Improving the health of the world’s poorest people: ( D. Carr / Population Reference Bureau , 2004); This bulletin, produced by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), highlights the poor-rich health divide that leaves more than 1 billion people worldwide excluded from both essential basic care and th...
International perspectives on health inequalities and policy: ( D.A. Leon; G. Walt; L. Gilson / British Medical Journal , 2001); While it is important to target "the poor", inequalities and inequities are not simply about the most deprived members of society. In low-income countries a large minority or even majority of the popu...
Escaping poverty: Can policy reach the chronically poor?: ( D. Hulme / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002); The past few years have seen remarkable consensus on and commitment to poverty reduction from governments around the world. This has resulted in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which seek to r...
Staying poor in South Africa: ( Cobus de Swardt;Andries du Toit / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002); Since the end of apartheid in 1994, the South African Government has achieved political stability, improved social services and brought about steady national economic growth. At the same time, poverty...
Household catastrophic health expenditure: a multi-country analysis: ( The Lancet , 2003); This Lancet article investigates the extent of catastrophic health expenditure in 59 countries. It defines household expenditure as catastrophic if a household’s financial contributions to the h...
Poverty and health sector inequalities: ( A. Wagstaff / World Health Organization , 2002); What evidence is there of inequalities in health between the poor and non-poor, and what are the consequences for the poor of health care expenses? This article, which forms part of a series of ‘Theme...
The impact of the introduction of user fees at a district hospital in Cambodia: ( B. Jacobs; J. Price / Health Policy and Planning , 2004); This paper, published in Health Policy and Planning, describes the introduction of user fees at a district referral hospital in Kirivong Operational District in Cambodia, It examines the impact on he...
Indian community health insurance schemes provide partial protection against catastrophic health expenditure: ( N. Davadasan; W. Van Damme; B. Criel / Health Services Research [journal] , 2007); This article in BMC health services research examines two Indian community health insurance (CHI) schemes, ACCORD and SEWA, to determine whether insured households are protected from catastrophic heal...
Pathways out of and into poverty in 36 villages of Andhra Pradesh, India: ( A. Krishna / World Development , 2005); This article, published in World Development, develops a Stages of Process methodology to analyse pathways in and out of poverty in Andhra Pradesh, India. It finds that fourteen percent of households ...
Paying out-of-pocket for health care in Asia: catastrophic and poverty impact: ( E. van Doorslaer; O. O’Donnell; A. Somanathan / Equitap , 2005); This Equitap paper analyses the extent of out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare in 14 countries in Asia, and the impact of these payments on household’s income and resources and vulnerability to...
Medical expenditure and rural impoverishment in China: ( Y. Liu; K. Rao; W. Hsiao / Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health , 2003); Due to escalating medical costs and lack of insurance coverage, medical spending causes financial hardship for many rural families in China, despite continued economic growth and increasing income in ...
Equity, privatization and cost recovery in urban health care: the case of Lao PDR: ( C. Paphassarang; K. Philavong; B. Boupha; E. Blas / Health Policy and Planning , 2002); This article, published in Health Policy and Planning, reports on a study that assessed the impact of privatisation and cost recovery on health care equity in the Lao PDR. The study compared two urba...
Explaining the incidence of catastrophic expenditures on health care: comparative evidence from Asia: ( O. O’Donnell;E. van Doorslaer;R. P. Rannan-Eliya / Equitap , 2005); Heavy reliance on out of pocket (OOP) financing of health care in most developing countries leaves households exposed to the risks of unforeseen medical expenditures. This paper looks at the incidence...
Health domain of the ultra poor: an exploration: ( S. Zaman; H. Rahman; R. Edgeworth / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee , 2004); This study, published by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), explores the health behaviours of, and types of health services used by, the poor in rural Bangladesh, including perceptions...
Influence of ill health on chronic and transient poverty: evidence from Uganda: ( D. Lawson / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK , 2004); The paper from the Chronic Poverty Research Centre uses nationally representative household panel data to investigate if ill health is important in influencing poverty persistence and transitions in U...
The economic burden of illness for households: A review of cost of illness and coping strategy studies focusing on malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS: ( S. Russell / Disease Control Priorities Project, Maryland , 2003); This paper from the Project on Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (DCPP) reviews and summarise studies that have measured the economic costs and consequences of illness for patients an...
HIV/AIDS, poverty and growth: evidence from a household impact study conducted in the Free State province, South Africa: ( F. le R. Booysen; M. Bachmann / Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford , 2002); This paper from the Centre for Study of African Economies (CSAE) reports on a study to assess the impact of HIV/AIDS on households. It finds that many affected households in South Africa rely heavily...
Poverty and HIV/AIDS: impact, coping and mitigation policy: ( T. Barnett; A. Whiteside / UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre , 2002); This chapter, published in the UNICEF book “AIDS, public policy, and child well-being,” looks at the relations between poverty and HIV and AIDS. It finds that attempts to mitigate the impact of AIDS ...
The HIV/AIDS impact on the rural and urban economy: ( G.A. Cornia; F. Zagonari / UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre , 2002); This chapter, from the UNICEF book "AIDS, Public Policy, and Child Well-being," assesses the impact of HIV and AIDS on the functioning of the economy, growth of gross domestic product (GDP), and growt...
The economic burden of malaria: ( J.L. Gallup; J.D. Sachs / Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO , 2001); Recommended reading; There is a strong link between malaria levels and a country’s economic growth, according to a research report from the World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Macroeconomics and Health.
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Making health systems more equitable: ( D. R. Gwatkin; A. Bhuiya; C. G. Victora / The Lancet , 2004); This article, published in The Lancet, looks at the challenges involved in making health systems more equitable and examines a range of mechanisms for achieving this. The authors find that health sys...
Free government health services: are they the best way to reach the poor?: ( D. Gwatkin / World Bank , 2003); Equity is a frequently stated justification for government involvement in the health care market. This is often taken to mean directly providing all segments of the population with a wide range of gov...
Targeting services towards the poor: a review of targeting mechanisms and their effectiveness: ( K. Hanson; E. Worrall; V. Wiseman / Health Systems Resource Guide , 2006); This chapter analyses the alternative approaches to targeting the poor that have been used in healthcare delivery and draws together evidence from a range of countries about their effectiveness. The a...
Targeting of transfers in developing countries: review of lessons and experience: ( D. Coady; M. Grosh; J. Hoddinott / World Bank , 2004); This book provides a general review of experiences and lessons learned with methods used to target interventions in developing countries. The objective is to convey available targeting options, antici...
Targeted development programmes for the extreme poor: experiences from BRAC experiments: ( I. Matin / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK , 2002); This paper, published by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC), analyses Income Generation for Vulnerable Group Development (IGVGD), a programme initiated by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Comm...
The marginal costs of health services for the poorest: ( C. Waddington / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre , 2005); This paper, published by the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre, explores the cost-effectiveness of targeted health services for the poorest by assessing marginal costs (the extra cost of providing a...
Arguing for the poor: elites and poverty in developing countries: ( N. Hossain; M. Moore / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2002); This paper, published by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), suggests that aid donors should engage more actively with the national elites of developing countries in defining anti-poverty stra...
Targeting in health: a summary of the evidence: ( D.R. Gwatkin / Poverty and Health, PovertyNet, World Bank , 2000); This paper, published by the World Bank, examines attempts to focus health sector development programmes on the poor. Drawing particularly on a series of case studies undertaken in Latin America in t...
Changes in access to health care in China, 1989-1997: ( J. S. Akin;W. H. Dow;P. M. Lance / Health Policy and Planning , 2005); This paper published in Health Policy and Planning, examines changes in several indicators of access to health care across communities in during the period of 1989 to 19...
Social protection for the poor: lessons learnt from recent international experience: ( S. Devereux / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2002); This paper synthesises current thinking and evidence on a number of issues around the design and impact of social protection programmes, including: the case for and against targeting resource ...
Waivers and exemptions for health services in developing countries: ( R. Bitrán; U. Giedion / World Bank , 2003); The problem with user fees is that the poorest people might not be able to pay them, and so not get the health care they need. This discussion paper from the World Bank Institute’s Social Safety Net P...
Persistent problems of access to appropriate, affordable TB services in rural China: experiences of different socio-economic groups: ( T. Zhang; S. Tang; G. Jun; M. Whitehead / BMC Public Health , 2007); This paper, published in BMC public health, investigates the receipt of appropriate care and affordability of services for different socio-economic groups with TB symptoms in rural China. Whilst large...
Unequal measures: who benefits most from government spending on healthcare?: ( M. Makinen;L. Gilson / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002); Policy-makers in developing regions and countries in transition need reliable information to make decisions about how to allocate healthcare resources. Yet, accurate quantitative data on healthcare in...
Equity in financing and delivery of health services in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka: results of the tri-country study: ( R.P. Rannan-Eliya; A. Somanathan; V. Sumathiratne; G.D. Dayaratne / Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka , 2001); Achieving equity in access to health care is a central element of health systems reforms in many developing countries. But, how equitable are health systems in reality? This paper assesses the equit...
Public social spending in Africa: do the poor benefit?: ( F. Castro-Leal; J. Dayton; L. Demery; K. Mehra / World Bank Research Observer , 1999); This paper, published by the World Bank Research Observer (WBRO), examines the effectiveness of public social spending on education and health care in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, ...
Healthcare for the ultra-poor: the case of BRAC’s CFPR/TUP programme: ( S.M. Ahmed / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre , 2005); This paper from the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre explores the experiences of the Bangladeshi non-governmental organisation "BRAC" in implementing a customised development programme for the poor...
Consumer-led demand side financing for health and education: an international review: ( T. Ensor / Oxford Policy Management , 2003); This paper, published by Oxford Policy Management, examines "demand side financing" of health and education services. This involves placing purchasing power into the hands of consumers, for instance ...
Access to health care for all? User fees plus a health equity fund in Sotnikum, Cambodia: ( W. Hardeman; W. Van Damme; M. Van Pelt; I. R. Por / Health Policy and Planning , 2004); This paper, published in Health Policy and Planning, presents the experience of a Health Equity Fund managed by a local non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Sotnikum, Cambodia. The aim of the Health...
Vouchers for health: using voucher schemes for output-based aid: ( P. Sandiford; A. Gorter; M. Salvetto / Public Policy for the Private Sector [World Bank] , 2002); This note, published by the World Bank, examines a donor-supported scheme in Nicaragua, which involved giving vouchers for sexual health services to commercial sex workers and their partners and clien...
An overview of community-based health financing: ( Partners for Health Reformplus , 2004); This PHRplus document aims to answer basic questions about community-based health financing (CBHF) that might be posed by policymakers and technical assistance providers. The report outlines how sche...
Paying in potatoes: community-based health insurance for the rural and informal sector: ( R. L. Hope / The Lancet , 2003); Out-of-pocket payments for health care, known as user charges, are widespread throughout the developing world. They were introduced as part of sweeping reform in the 1980s and 1990s, especially in Afr...
Time for a change? Health insurance systems in Transitional Asia: ( Tim Ensor / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002); The transition from state-planned to market- based economies in some Asian countries has produced a decline in public funding of health systems. Insurance programmes are increasingly used to make up t...
Achieving the twin objectives of efficiency and equity: contracting heath services in Cambodia: ( I. Bhushan; S. Keller; B. Schwartz / Asian Development Bank Institute , 2002); How do health indicators between Cambodian districts compare with conventional government provision of health services and those in which the services have been contracted out to non-governmental orga...
Cambodia: using contracting to reduce inequity in primary health care delivery: ( J.B. Schwartz; I. Bhushan / Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank , 2004); This discussion paper, published by the World Bank, examines the impact on equity of giving contracts to international non-government organisations (NGOs) for the delivery of primary health care. It c...
Buying results: contracting for health service delivery in developing countries: ( B. Loevinsohn; A. Harding / The Lancet , 2005); This article, published in the Lancet, examines the effectiveness of contracting out health care delivery to non-state entities including NGOs, universities, and for-profit companies in developing cou...
Contracting for health: evidence from Cambodia: ( E. Bloom; I. Bhushan; D. Clingingsmith / Brookings Institution , 2006); This Brookings Institution report assesses the impact of contracting out the management of government health services to NGOs in Cambodia. The contracts specified targets for maternal and child health...
Understanding the impact of eliminating user fees: utilisation and catastrophic health expenditures in Uganda: ( K. Xu;D.B. Evans;P. Kadama / Social Science and Medicine , 2006); This paper explores whether the abolition of user fees in Uganda in March 2001 has led to greater access health facilities for poor people and has reduced the risks of catastrophic health expenditures...
The case for abolition of user fees for primary health services: ( M. Pearson / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre , 2004); This issues paper, published by the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre (HSRC), was one of several feeding into Department for International Development (DFID) policy discussions in mid-2004.It examin...
Removing user fees for primary care in Africa: the need for careful action: ( L. Gilson; D. McIntyre / British Medical Journal , 2005); This paper, published in the British Medical Journal, argues that African countries should move away from user fees for health, and outlines what actions should accompany their removal, drawing on exp...
Community-based health insurance in developing countries: a study of its contribution to the performance of health financing systems: ( G. Carrin;M. Waelkens;B. Criel / Tropical Medicine & International Health , 2005); The paper published in Tropical Medicine and International Health Journal, studies the potential of community-based health insurance (CHI) to contribute to the performance of financing health systems....
World Bank protecting the vulnerable: the design and implementation of effective safety nets – health insurance for informal sector workers: ( R. Bitrán; U. Giedion / World Bank , 2003); This World Bank paper explores the challenges of providing health insurance in the informal sector and recommends strategies to improve coverage for informal sector workers. The authors highlight seve...
Pay and non-pay incentives, performance and motivation: ( V. Hicks;O. Adams / Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp , 2003); This chapter in the book ‘Towards a Global Health Workforce Strategy’ provides an overview of the current evidence on the effect of pay and non-pay incentives on health workers’ perf...
Contracting out health services in fragile states: ( N. Palmer; L. Strong; A. Wali; E. Sondorp / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , 2006); This paper, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine, discusses the benefits and challenges to contracting out health services to NGOs (non-governmental organisations) in fragile states...
Discontinuation of cost sharing in Uganda: ( G.M. Burnham; G. Pariyo; E. Galiwango; F. Wabwire-Mangen / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health , 2004); This paper, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO), examines the effects of ending cost sharing (user fees) for outpatient services in Uganda, and how this was perceived by h...
Charting the path to the World Bank's "no blanket policy on user fees": ( G. Hutton / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre , 2004); This paper, published by the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre (HSRC), describes the rise of user fees as a means of financing health, education, and other public services during the 1980. It then ...
Understanding the 'demand side' in service delivery: definitions, frameworks and tools from the health sector: ( H. Standing / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre , 2004); This DFID Health Systems Resource Centre paper examines the different understandings of ‘demand side’ in literature, operational and policy perspectives and in international agencies. It maps out the ...
Reduction of catastrophic health care expenditure by a community based health insurance scheme in Gujarat, India: ( M. K. Ranson / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health , 2002); This paper, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, assesses the performance of the Self Employed Women’s Association’s Medical Insurance Fund in Gujarat, India. Findings show tha...
Lessons offered by Latin American cash transfer programmes, Mexico’s Oportunidades and Nicaragua’s SPN: implications for African countries: ( G. Ningenda; L.M. Gónzales-Robledo / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre , 2005); This paper, published by the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre, discusses and compares cash transfer programmes intended to tackle poverty in Mexico, Nicaragua, Zambia and Malawi. The paper argues ...
The Malawi Social Action Fund experience in scaling up local activities for the poor using civil society organisations: ( C. Kamwendo / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre , 2005); This paper from the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre discusses the experience of the Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) in delivering interventions that target the poor. It argues that MASAF has be...
Study of faith based organizations responses to orphans and vulnerable children: ( G. Foster / Synergy Project, USAID , 2004); This study reveals how faith based organisations (FBOs) are supporting orphans and vulnerable children. The study took place in six countries: Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Uganda....
Civil society contributions to pro-poor, health equity policies: ( R. Loewensen / Training and Research Support Centre , 2003); This paper, published by the World Health Organization’s Training Research and Support Centre (TARSC), examines the role of civil society organisations (CSOs) in improving the responsiveness of health...
The pilot social cash transfer scheme: Kalomo District, Zambia: ( B. Schubert / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK , 2005); This working paper, published by the UK Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC), reviews and analyses the Kalomo Pilot Social Cash Transfer Scheme in Zambia. The scheme targeted households suffering cr...
The impact of faith-based organizations on HIV/AIDS prevention and mitigation in Africa: ( J. Liebowitz / Health Economics & HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of Natal , 2002); The author of this paper argues that Faith Based Organisations (FBOs) possess significant advantages in delivering certain kinds of interventions. To support this argument he draws on the case of Ugan...
When staff is underpaid: dealing with the individual coping strategies of health personnel: ( W. Van Lerberghe; C. Conceição; W. Van Damme; P. Ferrinho / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health , 2002); Health sector workers respond to inadequate salaries and working conditions by developing various individual ‘‘coping strategies’’—some, but not all, of which are of a predatory nature. This paper in ...
How health workers earn a living in China: ( G. Bloom; Leiya Han; Xiang Li / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2000); This summary was produced by id21.
Under the command economy all government health workers in China earned similar salaries. Twenty years of transition to a socialist market economy, including liber...
Can “pay for performance” increase utilization by the poor and improve the quality of health services?: ( R. Eichler / Center for Global Development, USA , 2006); This background paper for the Working Group on Performance Based Incentives looks at a particular type of financing intervention to address the joint problems of under utilisation and low quality of h...
Earning improvements: do better staff salaries make a better health service?: ( Wim Van Damme;Bruno Meessen / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002); Despite much effort and donor support, Cambodia's public health service does not yet meet the population's healthcare needs. The health centre and hospital systems function poorly. Faced with low sala...
Identifying factors for job motivation of rural health workers in North Viet Nam: ( M. Dieleman; P. Viet Cuong; L. V. Anh; T. Martineau / Human Resources for Health , 2003); A prerequisite of a well-functioning health system is a well-motivated workforce. The Ministry of Health in Viet Nam gives great importance to the development of a public health network, in order to p...
Which health policies are pro-poor?: ( Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre , 1999); How can health policies and health system developments improve the health of poor people? This initial working paper for the UK Department for International Development (DFID) by the DFID Health Syste...
Health financing: designing and implementing pro-poor policies: ( S. Bennett; L. Gilson / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre , 2001); How should health care be financed in developing countries, and how does the system of financing impact health care for the poor? This issues paper, written for the UK Department for International Dev...
Poverty and user fees for public health care in low-income countries: lessons from Uganda and Cambodia: ( B. Meessen;W. Van Damme;C. K. Tashobya;A. Tibouti / The Lancet , 2006); This Lancet article examines two countries efforts towards making access to health care more equitable. It compares the abolition of user fees in Uganda and the establishment of health equity funds in...
Designing health and population programmes to reach the poor: ( L. S. Ashford; D. R. Gwatkin; A. S. Yazbeck / Population Reference Bureau , 2006); This report, by the Population Reference Bureau, analyses programmes and interventions aimed at promoting greater access to quality health care services for poor people. It notes that poor people are ...
Challenging inequity through health systems: final report of the Knowledge Network on Health Systems: ( L. Gilson;J. Doherty;R. Loewenson / Commission on Social Determinants of Health, WHO , 2007); The final report of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Health Systems Knowledge Network looks at how inequity can be addressed through health systems. Key recommendations, primarily aimed at ...
Institutional issues in scaling up programmes for meeting the health related needs of the very poor: ( E. Kirk; H. Standing / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre , 2005); This paper from the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre reviews current strategies for scaling up successful interventions to meet the health-related needs of the poorest in developing countries. Find...
Achieving universal coverage with health interventions: ( C.G. Victoria; K. Hanson; J. Bryce; P. Vaughan / The Lancet , 2004); Recommended reading; Known cost effective public health interventions are not reaching developing country populations who need them. Programmes to deliver these interventions are too often patchy, low quality and short-li...
Changing times - health reform in rural China: ( Yunguo Liu;Gerald Bloom / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002); How has China formulated health policies during the transition to a market economy? How can government help localities improve their rural health services? An Institute of Development Studies working ...
Health systems in East Asia: what can developing countries learn from Japan and the Asian Tigers?: ( A. Wagstaff / World Bank , 2005); The health systems of Japan and the Asian Tigers (Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan), and the recent reforms to them, provide many potentially valuable lessons to East Asia’s developi...
Equity in financing healthcare: impact of universal access to healthcare in Thailand: ( S. Limwattananon;V. Tangcharoensathien;P. Prakongsai / Equitap , 2005); This Equitap paper analyses the impact of the introduction of universal health care coverage in Thailand in 2001. It examines changes in the use of public health care and the incidence of catastrophic...
Poverty reduction budget support: a DFID policy paper: ( Department for International Development, UK , 2004); The objective of this paper is to summarise DFID’s policy on the provision of Poverty Reduction Budget Support (PRBS). It aims to increase consistency in the implementation of poverty reduction budget...
Aid instruments and the very poor: the case of Global Health Partnerships: ( H. Wells / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre , 2005); This paper, produced by the DFID Systems Health Resource Centre, reviews the literature on Global Health Partnerships (GHPs) and their impact on the health needs of the very poor. The paper explores ...

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