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  External assessment of health care

  British Medical Journal, 2001

  This British Medical Journal article describes the growth of external assessment and the issues it raises around the world, particularly in Britain. External assessment and inspection of health services are becoming more common worldwide, and are using a combination of models—ISO certification, business excellence, peer review, accreditation, and statutory inspection.
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  Reducing the risk of policy failure: challenges for regulatory compliance

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2000

  This report, from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an overview of emerging issues for regulatory compliance. It focuses on assessing the level of compliance with regulations and the reasons why compliance levels are low or high.
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  Effective regulation of private sector health service providers

  London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1998

  This paper, written for the World Bank Mediterranean Development Forum held in 1998, proposes operational principles for designing and implementing effective regulation of private sector health service delivery. The paper examines the nature of the privatisation process within the health sector, the rationale for regulation, and concepts and definitions of regulation.
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  Strengthening the market to improve quality: promoting accountability

  President’s advisory commission on consumer protection and quality in the health care industry, 1998

  This chapter, from the final report of the President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry, outlines key recommendations on accountability when improving health care systems.
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  In_focus: fixing health systems (Tanzania)

  International Development Research Centre, 2004

  This book from the International Development and Research Centre presents the Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project (TEHIP). The premise of this project is that health reforms should be based not just on increased funding but on more strategic investments in health.
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  Gender and academic medicine: impacts on the health workforce

  British Medical Journal, 2004

  This BMJ article examines gender in academic medicine and its effects on the workforce. Although the number of women enrolling in and graduating from medical school is increasing, gender inequities in promotion and selection of specialities are still prevalent.
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  Measuring the effects of behavior change and service delivery interventions in Guatemala with population-based survey results

  JHPIEGO Consortium, 2004

  This JHPIEGO report, presents the results from the Maternal and Neonatal Health (MNH) Programme conducted in Guatemala. This programme was also run in Nepal and Burkino Faso. The MNH programme promotes the use of skilled maternal and newborn care, family and community involvement in this care, as well as supportive government policies to sustain these efforts.
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  Back to basics: does decentralization improve health system performance? Evidence from Ceará in north-east Brazil

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2004

  This article, from the World Health Organization (WHO) Bulletin, examines whether decentralisation has improved the health system performance in Ceará, in north east Brazil.
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  Human resources for health: overcoming the crisis

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI). The report highlights major global challenges in human resources for health. These include: global shortages of skilled workers; skill imbalances in existing workers; poor distribution of services worsened by increased migration; poor work environments; and a weak knowledge base.
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  Antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant women and preventing HIV infection in infants: guidelines on care, treatment and support for women living with HIV/AIDS and their children in resource-constrained settings

  World Health Organization, 2004

  These World Health Organization guidelines review existing evidence on the use of antiretroviral drugs for preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and recommend specific ARV regimens according to different clinical situations.

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