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Trade in health services
Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO, 2001The objective of this study is to provide an overview of the nature of international trade in health services and the lessons that can be learnt from the national, regional, and multilateral experience in this context.Paper discusses the various ways in which health services can be traded, the main global players in this trade, and the positive as well as negative implications of this trade forDocumentProtection of traditional medicine
Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO, 2001Paper emphasises the importance of the protection of traditional medicine. It gives a definition of traditional knowledge, with particular emphasis on traditional medicine and examines the role of traditional medicine - in particular in respect of products that may have applications in the treatment of disease outside of the local context in which the traditional medicines were developed.DocumentPost-TRIPS options for access to patented medicines in developing countries
Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO, 2001Since developing countries spend a large percentage of their private household health expenditures on drugs, affordability of patented medicines is particularly important.DocumentDebt relief and health care in Kenya
WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001The paper proposes investment of possible debt relief proceeds in general preventive health care, human development, health equipment, medical supplies, health infrastructure and in programmes for preventing and treating HIV/AIDS-related diseases.Conclusions: Kenya deals with external debt together with regular servicing at the expense of such vital life programmes as health care,DocumentPublic spending and poverty in Mozambique
WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001Paper assesses the extent to which public expenditure on social sectors constitute a targeted, efficient and powerful instrument for poverty reduction and human development.DocumentStructural adjustment and health: a literature review of the debate, its role-players and presented empirical evidence
Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO, 2001This article discusses the relationship between health and structural adjustment programs.DocumentWhose education counts?: the impact of grown children's education on the physical functioning of their parents in Taiwan
Population Council, USA, 2001This article discusses the influence that education of children has on the physical functioning of their parents.The article finds that:older adults in Taiwan tend to experience close ties to family members and high rates of adult child coresidenceboth child's and parent's education have an impact on the existence of physical limitations of the child's education is more importanDocumentImmunization status and child survival in rural Ghana
Population Council, USA, 2001This article discusses the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI).DocumentLiving arrangements of older adults in the developing world: an analysis of DHS household surveys
Population Council, USA, 2001Using data from Demographic and Health Surveys, this study examines living arrangements of older adults in 43 developing countries and compares patterns by gender, world regions, and macro-level measures of socioeconomic development.The article concludes that:average household sizes are large, but a substantially higher proportion of elderly adults live alone than do individuals in othe