Health and Poverty

Access to high quality health care for all

| 2009-
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  • Publisher: Amsterdam institute for global health and development (AIGHD)
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  • Keywords: health care delivery, health services research, poverty
Website of the Institute for Global Health and Development with the mission: 'To provide sustainable solutions to major health problems across our planet, by forging synergies between disciplines, health care delivery, research and education'.

HRIS strengthening implementation toolkit

| 2009-
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  • Publisher: United States agency for international development (USAID)
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  • Keywords: human resources, poverty, information systems
This Toolkit provides a package of HRIS procedures and tools to HRH stakeholders, HR information system managers and software developers to facilitate applying the HRIS strengthening processes and iHRIS software developed by the Capacity Project.

Consortium for research on equitable health systems

| 2008-
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  • Publisher: Consortium for research on equitable health systems (CREHS)
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  • Keywords: health care delivery, health policy, poverty
The Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems (CREHS) aims to generate knowledge about how to strengthen health system policies and interventions in ways that preferentially benefit the poorest.

EQUINET : the regional network on equity in health in southern Africa

| 2008-
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  • Publisher: EQUINET
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  • Keywords: health services, civil society, poverty, aids, health policy, africa south of sahara, southern africa
EQUINET is a network of professionals, civil society members, policy makers, state officials and others within the region who have come together as an equity catalyst, to promote and realise shared values of equity and social justice in health.

Chronic poverty research centre (CPRC)

| 2005-
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  • Publisher: University of Manchester. School of environment and development. Institute for development policy and management]
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  • Keywords: poverty, poverty alleviation, international co-operation
The Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) is an international partnership of universities, research institutes and NGOs which exists to focus attention on chronic poverty.
 

About this portal

This portal contains information on health (system) policies and practices to improve equity in the health sector and contribute to poverty reduction in low- and middle-income countries. The portal is part of a wider programme, Information for Health Action (I4HA).