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Home-Based Care Alliance policy brief: debunking myths
Home-Based Care Alliance, 2013The Home-Based Care Alliance (HBCA) represents more than 30,000 caregivers organised into multi-district HBCAs in twelve African countries, caring for over 200,000 neighbours and friends, and with a history of organising around HIV/AIDS and its effects.OrganisationHome-Based Care Alliance (HBCA)
DocumentPro-social preferences and self-selection into rural jobs: evidence from South African nurses
Resilient and Responsive Health Systems, 2013Governments frequently struggle to recruit and retain qualified staff to work in rural areas which often have more difficult working conditions, fewer educational opportunities and limited access to basic services. Although a growing body of work has investigated the role of pro-social preferences on the job choices of health workers, i.e.DocumentObservatory of Maternal Mortality in Mexico: a civil society-led initiative
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013Within just 3 years of its creation, the Observatory of Maternal Mortality in Mexico is already making some important contributions to reducing maternal mortality.DocumentThe health dimension of Asian migration to Europe - abridged report
Asia Foundation, 2012What are the public health implications of Asian migration to Europe? This reort looks at a study undertaken in Madrid, Spain and Milan, Italy among Filipinos and Chinese, the two largest Asian migrant groups in those two cities.DocumentImpact of maternal and child health private expenditure on poverty and inequity: review of the literature with focus on evidence from Asia and the Pacific
Asian Development Bank, 2012Expenditures on healthcare in Asian and Pacific countries (APCs) are widely seen as financially burdensome to household budgets and contributing to impoverishment. This review examines the evidence on maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH) care expenditures in APCs and looks into how and to what extent these expenditures exacerbate poverty. The paper finds that:DocumentImpact of out-of-pocket expenditures on families and barriers to use of maternal and child health services in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Asian Development Bank, 2012Limited progress has been made in the past decade in reducing the high levels of maternal and child deaths in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). This paper highlights the fact that Laotian women and children are inadequately covered by basic healthcare services.The paper finds that:DocumentThe impact of out-of-pocket expenditures on families and barriers to use of maternal and child health services in Timor-Leste
Asian Development Bank, 2012As a young nation, Timor-Leste has made considerable advances in rebuilding its health system, but overall utilisation of health services remains low by regional standards.DocumentImpact of maternal and child health private: expenditure on poverty and inequity in Bangladesh
Asian Development Bank, 2012Bangladesh has made substantial progress since the 1970s in expanding the coverage of maternal healthcare services, yet maternal mortality remains high, as available but limited data suggest.DocumentImproving health systems and services for mental health
World Health Organization, 2009This document outlines a comprehensive strategy for how to improve mental health policy and service development. It shows that lack of political support, inadequate management, overburdened health services and, at times, resistance from policy-makers and health workers, have hampered the development of coherent mental health systems.Pages