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Can performance-based financing be used to reform health systems in developing countries?
Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2011Over the past 15 years, performance-based financing (PBF) has been implemented in an increasing number of developing countries as a means of improving health worker performance. This article resists viewing PBF as a strategic tool to reform the health sector.DocumentHealth technologies and innovation in the global health arena
New England Journal of Medicine, 2011This article argues that despite growing interest in both global health and health care innovation, many appropriate technologies are inaccessible to the majority of people who need them, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.DocumentClosing the cancer divide: a blueprint to expand access in low and middle income countries
Harvard University Library, 2011It is widely believed that the burden of cancer in the world can be dramatically reduced. This report aims to present the evidence that supports the case for expanded access to cancer care and control (CCC) in low and middle income countries (LMICs), and describe innovative models for achieving this goal. The document summarises information from 56 countries.DocumentInnovative health service delivery models in low and middle income countries - what can we learn from the private sector?
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2010This review describes a study carried out to characterise innovative health service delivery models and identify areas of innovation that have led to effective provision of care for the poor.DocumentOpen mHealth architecture: an engine for health care innovation
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2010This article describes what an "open" mHealth architecture could do for the prevention and management of chronic diseases and innovation in health practices in general. Key points include:OrganisationInformation and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is an increasingly powerful tool for participating in global markets, promoting political accountability, improving the delivery of basic services and eDocumentHuman resources for health and decentralization policy in the Brazilian health system
BioMed Central, 2011The Brazilian health reform process, following the establishment of the Unified Health System (SUS), has had a strong emphasis on decentralisation, with a special focus on financing, management and inter-managerial agreements.DocumentHuman resources for health in southeast Asia: shortages, distributional challenges, and international trade in health services
The Lancet, 2011In this paper, published in the Lancet, the authors address the issues of shortage and maldistribution of health personnel in southeast Asia in the context of the international trade in health services.Key highlights of the paper are:DocumentGetting health workers to rural areas: innovative analytic work to inform policy making
World Bank, 2010Globally, decision makers face serious challenges in attracting health workers to rural areas. According to the authors, while decision makers have access to a wide range of policy options, the effectiveness of interventions is highly contingent on context.