Equity
- What is the provision of obstetric care in informal settlements in Nairobi?
- J.C. Fotso; A. Ezeh; R. Oronje / PubMed Central, 2008
- In sub-Saharan Africa, the unprecedented population growth that started in the second half of the twentieth century has evolved into unparalleled urbanisation and an increasing proportion of urban dwellers living in slums and shanty t...
- What is known about social determinants of health in urban settings?
- T. Kjellstrom / World Health Organization, 2008
- This report summarises the social determinants of health in urban settings and provides guidance and examples of interventions that have been effective in achieving health equity. It is divided into 7 sections. Section 1 provides an i...
- Examining health inequalities in an urban context
- World Health Organization, 2010
- This report exposes the extent to which urban poor suffer disproportionately from a wide range of diseases (malnutrition, diabetes, tuberculosis, human immunodeficiency virus infection) and health problems (homicide), which can be tra...
- Increasing the equity of the Thai health care system through universal coverage
- S. Limwattananon; V. Vongmongkol; P. Prakongsai / Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems, 2011
- This paper aims to assess the equity impact of achieving universal coverage (UC) on the distribution of benefits of public health service utilisation, and health care financing burdens, drawing lessons from Thailand’s experience...
- Can moving HIV testing out of clinics make the testing process more equitable between different social groups?
- A. Weinreb; G. Stecklov / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, 2009
- The plan to increase HIV testing is a cornerstone of the international health strategy against the HIV/AIDS epidemic, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Using material form ongoing demographic research project conducted in three rura...
- Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina (CPC, UNC)
- The Carolina Population Center is a community of scholars and professionals collaborating on interdisciplinary research and methods that advance understanding of population issues. Based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the center extends its resources to path-breaking work across the US and in more than 85 other countries and makes its findings available to a global audience. A...
- Challenges in developing non state sector public health services
- S. Bennett; K. Hanson; P. Kadama / World Health Organization, 2005
- In both urban and rural settings, private for-profit and non-profit health care providers and suppliers of health related commodities serve both the rich and the poor. This paper from the World Health Organisation aims to start develo...
- Social franchising for health service delivery
- T.P. Koehlmoos; R. Gazi; S.S. Hossain / Cochrane Library, 2009
- Governments are looking for ways to increase the access to and quality of health care services in low- and middle-income countries. This review from the The Cochrane Collaboration shows how a system called social franchising, which is...
- Public and private sectors improving the quality and accessibility of primary health care
- D.M. Bishai; N.M. Shah; D.G. Walker / Harvard School of Public Health, 2009
- Private provision of health care is omnipresent and surpasses public provision in many developing countries. This paper from Harvard Health Policy Review examines the ways in which public and private sectors can cooperate to improve t...
- Expanding health franchises
- D. Montagu / College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkley, 2002
- This paper from The University of California, Berkley describes the structure and operation of existing franchises and presents a model of social franchise activities that will afford a context for analysing choices in the design...
- What is the provision of obstetric care in informal settlements in Nairobi?
- J.C. Fotso; A. Ezeh; R. Oronje / PubMed Central, 2008
- In sub-Saharan Africa, the unprecedented population growth that started in the second half of the twentieth century has evolved into unparalleled urbanisation and an increasing proportion of urban dwellers living in slums and shanty t...
- What is known about social determinants of health in urban settings?
- T. Kjellstrom / World Health Organization, 2008
- This report summarises the social determinants of health in urban settings and provides guidance and examples of interventions that have been effective in achieving health equity. It is divided into 7 sections. Section 1 provides an i...
- Examining health inequalities in an urban context
- World Health Organization, 2010
- This report exposes the extent to which urban poor suffer disproportionately from a wide range of diseases (malnutrition, diabetes, tuberculosis, human immunodeficiency virus infection) and health problems (homicide), which can be tra...
- Increasing the equity of the Thai health care system through universal coverage
- S. Limwattananon; V. Vongmongkol; P. Prakongsai / Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems, 2011
- This paper aims to assess the equity impact of achieving universal coverage (UC) on the distribution of benefits of public health service utilisation, and health care financing burdens, drawing lessons from Thailand’s experience...
- Can moving HIV testing out of clinics make the testing process more equitable between different social groups?
- A. Weinreb; G. Stecklov / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, 2009
- The plan to increase HIV testing is a cornerstone of the international health strategy against the HIV/AIDS epidemic, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Using material form ongoing demographic research project conducted in three rura...
- Challenges in developing non state sector public health services
- S. Bennett; K. Hanson; P. Kadama / World Health Organization, 2005
- In both urban and rural settings, private for-profit and non-profit health care providers and suppliers of health related commodities serve both the rich and the poor. This paper from the World Health Organisation aims to start develo...
- Social franchising for health service delivery
- T.P. Koehlmoos; R. Gazi; S.S. Hossain / Cochrane Library, 2009
- Governments are looking for ways to increase the access to and quality of health care services in low- and middle-income countries. This review from the The Cochrane Collaboration shows how a system called social franchising, which is...
- Public and private sectors improving the quality and accessibility of primary health care
- D.M. Bishai; N.M. Shah; D.G. Walker / Harvard School of Public Health, 2009
- Private provision of health care is omnipresent and surpasses public provision in many developing countries. This paper from Harvard Health Policy Review examines the ways in which public and private sectors can cooperate to improve t...
- Expanding health franchises
- D. Montagu / College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkley, 2002
- This paper from The University of California, Berkley describes the structure and operation of existing franchises and presents a model of social franchise activities that will afford a context for analysing choices in the design...
- DFID engagement with non-state actors in health services
- V. Walford / Department for International Development Health Resource Centre (HRC), 2009
- There are a wide range of non-state actors (NSAs) in most developing countries, ranging from the not-for-profit NGOs such as mission run hospitals and clinics to self employed/for profit individual doctors or nurses r...
- Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina (CPC, UNC)
- The Carolina Population Center is a community of scholars and professionals collaborating on interdisciplinary research and methods that advance understanding of population issues. Based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the center extends its resources to path-breaking work across the US and in more than 85 other countries and makes its findings available to a global audience. A...
- Reseau Senegal: Droit, Ethique et Sante (Law, Ethics and Health)
- Senegalese health research network
- Equitap (Equity in Asia-Pacific Health Systems)
- Researching equity in national health systems in Asia and the Pacific
- Commission on Social Determinants of Health, WHO (CSDH)
- The Commission, created in March 2005, is the World Health Organization’s vehicle to draw the attention of governments, civil society, international organisations, and donors to pragmatic ways of creating better social conditions for health. The Commission has nine "Knowledge Networks" to compile knowledge on the following themes: early child development; globalisation; health systems; urban set...
- BioMed Central
- Publishing a wide variety of biomedical research and services
- International Society for Equity in Health (ISEqH)
- Promotes equity in health and health services internationally
- Health Equity Network (HEN)
- A network of people interested in equity and inequality in health, brought together via the world wide web.
- Source
- Bibliographical database on health and disability
- EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa
- Network operating the SADC region to improve health policy and provision
