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Primary health care reform is vital to develop health systems properly: ( World Health Organization , 2008); The 2008 WHO World Health Report focuses on Primary Health Care (PHC) and marks the 30th anniversary of the inception of PHC at Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. The report is split into six chapters...
Can health insurance mechanisms close health financing gaps and benefit poor people?: ( E. Berkhout;H. Oostingh / Action for Global Health , 2008); This report published by Oxfam examines the role of health insurance mechanisms will close health financing gaps and benefit poor people.The mechanisms discussed in this paper are: Private Health Insu...
Voluntary health insurance schemes should be segmented by income: ( M Pauly;F Blavin;S Meghan / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA , 2008); In many developing countries about half of all spending on health care is out-of-pocket. This study, from the National Bureau of Economic Research, examines the distribution of such spending according...
Health care services in Asia cannot address the growing threat of chronic illnesses: ( HelpAge International Asia, Pacific Regional Development Centre , 2008); This study documents the perceptions of older people, care-givers, and health service providers in terms of knowledge of active and healthy ageing, access and quality of Primary Health Care (PHC) serv...
Implementing primary health care in Africa: challenges and recommendations: ( Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organisation , 2008); This World Health Organisation review examines the implementation of primary health care (PHC) in Africa and identifies strategic interventions that are required to cope with the new challenges facing...