Health and poverty

This is a selection of documents and websites from the KIT Information Portal on Health and Poverty. Please refer to the portal for more information sources on this topic.

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• Public financing of health in developing countries: a cross-national systematic analysis
  Lu C. et al.
  This article presents a systematic analysis of all data sources available for government spending on health in developing countries as well as a description of trends in public financing of health.
  The Lancet | 375(9723) | 2011 | pp. 1375-1387
• The impact of vouchers on the use and quality of health goods and services in developing countries : a systematic review
  Meyer, C. et al.
  This systematic review aims to assess whether health voucher programmes in developing countries have been successful in achieving their desired outcomes, which include successfully targeting specific populations, increasing utilisation, and ultimately improving the health of populations.
  EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London | 2011 | 81 pp.
• Equity, social determinants and public health programmes
  Blas E. and Sivasankara Kurup, A.
  This book is a collection of analyses of the social determinants of health that impact on specific health conditions and relative promising interventions to improve health equity.
  World Health Organization | 2010 | 291 pp.
• Your money or your life: will leaders act now to save lives and make health care free in poor countries?
  Marriott A., Goodey B. and Green C.
  This paper describes the proposal to support at least seven developing countries to fully implement free care for women and children or to expand free health services to all.
  Oxfam International | 2009 | 14 pp.
• Attacking inequality in the health sector: a synthesis of evidence and tools
  Yazbeck A.
  The main aim of this book is to synthesize the growing volume of empirical research in the area of inequalities in health care. The book is directed at policy makers, advocates in civil society, and development agencies. With 14 evaluated, proven successes and an exhaustive literature reviews.
  World Bank | 2009 | 308 pp.
• Reaching the poor with health, nutrition, and population services: what works, what doesn't, and why
  Gwatkin D., Wagstaff A. and Yazbeck A.
  This book contains 11 case studies which present the results of evaluation research commissioned by the Reaching the Poor Program (RPP) in an effort to fill gaps in knowledge about what types of program reach the poor most effectively.
  World Bank | 2005 | 353 pp.
• Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs): their significance for health: second synthesis report
  Dodd R., Hinshelwood E. and Harvey C.
  This report presents an analysis of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) from a health perspective. It is based on a desk review of 21 “full” or “final” PRSPs, and builds on previous work by WHO in this area.
  World Health Organization | 2004 | 28 pp.
• Pro-poor health policies in poverty reduction strategies
  Laterveer L., Niessen L. and Yazbeck A.
  This study assesses the extent to which the first batch of interim PRSPs actually addresses the health of the poor and vulnerable. A literature study was used to design and test a semi-quantitative approach to assess the pro-poor focus of health policies in national documents.
  Health Policy and Planning | 18(2) | 2003 | pp. 138-145

Websites

• Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems (CREHS)
• EQUINET - The Network on Equity in Health in Southern Africa
• WHO database on health in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
• WHO - Health systems
• WHO - Poverty and Health
• World Bank - Poverty & Health
  

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