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A guide to competitive vouchers in health

( World Bank , 2005)

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This World Bank guide examines voucher schemes as a means of subsidising healthcare goods and services for the poor. It focuses on schemes that involve some form of competition between service provide...

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...

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...

Increasing people’s access to essential medicines in developing countries: a framework for good practice in the pharmaceutical industry

( Department for International Development, UK , 2005)

This document, from the UK Department of International Development, describes the current situation regarding access to essential medicines in developing countries, and aims to provide guidance to pha...

Equitable pricing of newer essential medicines for developing countries: evidence for the potential of different mechanisms

( C. Grace / World Health Organization , 2003)

The disease burden in developing countries is large and growing, but funds to tackle it are limited. Differential drug pricing is one way to increase access to essential medicines. A study commissione...

The effect of changing intellectual property on pharmaceutical industry prospects in India and China: considerations for access to medicines

( C. Grace / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre , 2004)

This HSRC report explores the implications of changing Intellectual Property (IP) on access to medicines (ATM) in India and China by asking two key questions: how will the implementation of product pa...

Processes and issues for improving access to medicines: the evidence base for domestic production and greater access to medicines

( J. Guimier; L. Lee; M. Grupper / Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre , 2004)

This HSRC study explores whether the domestic production of HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria drugs in sub-Saharan Africa is sufficiently profitable to operate indefinitely, while at the same time increasing a...

Improving hormonal contraceptive supply: the potential contribution of manufacturers of generic and biosimilar drugs

( F. Armand / Private Sector Partnerships-One , 2006)

This technical paper from the Private Sector Partnership for Better Health (PSP-One) project of USAID examines the factors determining the supply of hormonal contraceptive products in developing count...

West Africa reproductive health commodity security study: Ghana reproductive health commodity security country assessment

( J. Amenyah; R. Rao; E. Shea; M. Oubnichou; A. Nazzar; G. Addico / Deliver , 2005)

This country assessment from USAID and DELIVER examines the supply of reproductive health commodities in Ghana. The assessment was commissioned as part of the West Africa Reproductive Health Commodity...

What works: serving the poor, profitably

( C.K. Prahalad; A. Hammond / World Resources Institute, Washington DC , 2002)

This article, from the World Resources Institute, considers how the global market system could be expanded to provide direct benefits and opportunity to poor communities. There are nearly 4 billion pe...