- Getting research into policy and practice
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Experiences from sexual and reproductive health, HIV and AIDS
insights #78, October 2009
The true test of the effectiveness of health and development research is whether people use it – for decision-making, influencing, referencing, or most importantly, to bring about change.
- Making health markets work for poor people
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insights #76, March 2009
People use a variety of market-based providers of health-related goods and services ranging from highly organised and regulated hospitals and specialist doctors to informal health workers and drug sellers operating outside the legal framework. Many encounters with health workers and suppliers of pharmaceuticals involve a cash payment.
- Financing primary health care
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insights health #12, May 2008
Today, millions of people in low- and middle-income countries do not have access to basic, good quality health services. The Alma Ata Declaration in 1978 defined primary health care as basic health care built on technically sound and socially adequate approaches, universally accessible and affordable to all individuals. This issue of insights explores the challenges facing donors and national governments in providing and financing primary health care for all
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