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  Contracting out health services in fragile states

  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. Fragile states are defined as countries affected by conflict, emerging from conflict, or otherwise lacking the will or capacity to implement pro-poor policies.
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  Implementation of promotion and prevention activities in decentralized health systems: comparative case studies from Chile and Brazil

  Health Promotion International, 2005

  This paper, published in Health Promotion International, explores the ways in which the national structure of a health system influences the implementation of activities for prevention and promotion.
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  Establishing human resource systems for health during postconflict reconstruction

  Management Sciences for Health, 2006

  This paper, from Management Sciences for Health, outlines the Human Resources for Health (HRH) issues during the period of reconstruction in post-conflict countries. The paper draws on examples from Afghanistan and Cambodia. The authors explore the issues of restoring a health workforce and outlines key HRH actions for workforce reconstruction.
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  Tough choices: investing in health for development

  Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO, 2006

  This report is a synthesis of country experiences from three years of work, following the 2001 report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH).
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  The Global Fund Secretariat’s suspension of funding to Uganda: how could this have been avoided?

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2006

  This article, from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, argues that the suspension of funding to Uganda from the Global Fund could have been avoided. The article outlines how the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) suspended five grants to Uganda following an audit report that exposed gross mismanagement in the Project Management Unit.
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  Decentralisation in Asian health sectors: friend or foe?

  OECD Development Centre, 2006

  This policy brief examines whether or not healthcare decentralisation in Asia has been successful.
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  Iraq Health Update

  Medact, 2006

  This update reviews the Iraq health situation since 2005. The paper highlights the following health related consequences of the war: The author argues that the disastrous security situation has paralysed the Iraqi health sector.
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  Securing health: lessons from nation building- missions

  RAND Corporation, 2006

  This document analyses the activities that countries, international institutions, and non-governmental organizations undertake in rebuilding public health and health care delivery systems after major conflict.
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  Combating counterfeit drugs: building effective international collaboration

  World Health Organization, 2006

  This concept paper, prepared as a background document for a World Health Organization (WHO) conference held in February 2006, explores the problem of counterfeit drugs and considers steps needed to address the problem. The paper outlines how counterfeit drugs are a global health problem.
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  The right reforms? Health sector reforms and sexual and reproductive health

  Initiative for Sexual & Reproductive Rights in Health Reforms [School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand], 2005

  This publication, from the Initiative for Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Health Reforms, pulls together available information on how health sector reform has impacted on sexual and reproductive health services (SRH), and identifies information gaps and advocacy issues.

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