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  Are the poor too poor to demand health insurance?

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2004

  Community based micro-insurance schemes are increasingly being seen as a solution for meeting the health care challenges of the poor. Can they protect the poor from health related shocks? This paper provides a brief overview of community based micro-insurance schemes.
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  Uses of population census data for monitoring geographical imbalance in the health workforce: snapshots from three developing countries

  Department of Health Service Provision, WHO, 2003

  Imbalance in the distribution of human resources for health (HRH) is an issue of social and political concern in many countries. However, the empirical evidence to support decision-making is often fragmented, and many standard data sources that can potentially produce statistics relevant to the issue remain underused, especially in developing countries.
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  Analysing the quality of routine malaria data in Mozambique

  Malaria Journal, BioMed Central, 2004

  This article, produced by BioMed Central, looks at findings from a study which analysed the quality of routine malaria data in selected districts of Southern Mozambique from August to September 2003. Analysis revealed the data to be of poor quality due to a range of factors.
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  Changing policies and attitudes: postabortion care in the Philippines

  EngenderHealth, 2003

  This article, produced by EngenderHealth, reports on evaluations of their PMAC (Prevention and Management of Abortion Complications) programme in the Philippines.
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  Developing evidence-based ethical policies on the migration of health workers: conceptual and practical challenges

  Human Resources for Health, 2003

  It is estimated that in 2000 almost 175 million people, or 2.9% of the world's population, were living outside their country of birth. Medical practitioners and nurses represent a small proportion of highly skilled workers who migrate, but the loss of health human resources for developing countries can mean that the capacity of the health system to deliver health care equitably is compromised.
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  International migration, health and human rights

  World Health Organization, 2003

  As countries are grappling with how to handle increased migration, the human rights framework is becoming an important pillar for policy-making. Recently, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families entered into force, providing additional human rights protections for migrant workers.
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  Igniting change!: accelerating collective action for reproductive health and safe motherhood

  Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2003

  Most countries have not yet made the long-term commitments required to ensure that women have access to safe, affordable, high-quality obstetric care.
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  Public management and essential public health functions

  World Bank, 2004

  This working paper from the World Bank's Development Research Group provides an overview of how different approaches to improving public sector management relate to essential public health functions such as disease surveillance, health education, monitoring and evaluation, workforce development, enforcement of public health laws and regulations, public health research, and health policy developmen
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  Health, wealth, and welfare

  Development Committee, World Bank & IMF, 2004

  The dramatic mortality declines of the past one and a half centuries, and their reversal by AIDS in Africa and elsewhere subsequent to 1990, have had major economic consequences. This article published in Finance and Development explores the increasing body of evidence showing that better health contributes to the more rapid growth of GDP per capita.
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  Health sector reform: improving hospital efficiency

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 1998

  This document discusses different strategies to improve hospital efficiency in low-income countries. Since hospital creation and maintenance represent a major share of health expenditure, increasing hospital efficiency will go a long way towards stretching much needed resources.

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