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  The way forward: prioritising district health care services in developing countries

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  The growing movement in favour of the privatisation of public services and the reliance on market forces in many developing countries suggests that the critical role of the district health system needs to be restated.  Research by the Institute of Development Studies, UK, indicates that district health services are the best means of delivering primary health care and basic hospital care and s
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  User-payment, decentralization and health service utilization in Zambia

  Health Policy and Planning, 2001

  This article, published in Health Policy and Planning, reports on a study that assessed the impact of health sector reform in Zambia from 1993 to 1997. Results show a decrease of about one-third in general attendance for both hospitals and health centres over a two-year period, followed by a slower decrease.
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  Equity, privatization and cost recovery in urban health care: the case of Lao PDR

  Health Policy and Planning, 2002

  This article, published in Health Policy and Planning, reports on a study that assessed the impact of privatisation and cost recovery on health care equity in the Lao PDR. The study compared two urban neighbourhoods of different socioeconomic status, using in-depth interviews and focus group discussions to assess perceptions and utilisation of health care services.
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  Spotting dementia cases in India – community health workers turn detective

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Population ageing in developing countries is producing a rapid rise in dementia cases. As in many societies, dementia in India is largely a hidden problem. Health services must identify cases before they can offer practical help. Research tested a simple case-finding method using local community health workers in rural Kerala.
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  Harmonization and MDGs: a perspective from Tanzania and Uganda

  High-Level Forum on the Health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 2003

  Harmonisation through the Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) and increased budget support has increased the resources available to the health sector over the past five years. This draft paper from the High-Level Forum on the Health Millennium Development Goals looks at the examples of Tanzania and Uganda.
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  HIV/AIDS, poverty and growth: evidence from a household impact study conducted in the Free State province, South Africa

  Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2002

  This paper from the Centre for Study of African Economies (CSAE) reports on a study to assess the impact of HIV/AIDS on households. It finds that many affected households in South Africa rely heavily on social welfare grants. This implies that the government will in future years be faced with increasing claims.
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  Household welfare impacts of mortality of adult females in Zimbabwe: implications for policy and program development

  International AIDS Economics Network, 2000

  This paper from IAEN describes the major household impacts of female mortality in Zimbabwe, identifies the household coping mechanisms adopted and the current formal and informal social support mechanisms.
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  Will the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement undermine the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme?

  Medical Journal of Australia, 2004

  This article, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, explores the implications of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) for the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The authors find that AUSFTA contains major concessions to the United States pharmaceutical industry.
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  More for the poor is less for the poor: the politics of targeting

  World Bank, 1997

  This World Bank study assesses the welfare properties of targeted income support transfers when a basic political feasibility condition is imposed on the levels of targeting and taxation. Both economists and political scientists have long recognised the possibility that targeting could undermine political support for redistribution and hence reduce the available budget.
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  Living on the boundary: institutional influences on the livelihoods of the extreme poor

  Proshika, 2003

  This study, from Proshika, seeks to understand the livelihood conditions of the many different extremely poor people living in Bangladesh by analyzing their livelihood constraints and opportunities.

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