Callaghan, Mike and Ford, Nathan and Schneider, Helen | 2010
- Author(s): Callaghan, Mike and Ford, Nathan and Schneider, Helen
- Publisher: BioMed central
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health economics, health care delivery, health services, aids, africa
This review concludes that task shifting is an effective strategy for addressing shortages of HRH in HIV treatment and care. Task shifting offers high-quality, cost-effective care to more patients than a physician-centered model.
Campbell, Jim and Stilwell, Barbara | 2008
- Author(s): Campbell, Jim and Stilwell, Barbara
- Publisher: United States agency for international development (USAID) [etc.]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health personnel, human resources, poverty, mozambique
Report about strategies and country level actions that can be taken to the critical Human Resources for Health (HRH) shortages in Africa. The HRH development in Mozambique was taken as example: the development contains strategies to strengthen the workforce.
Campbell, Sandy | cop. 2010
- Author(s): Campbell, Sandy
- Publisher: World health organization (WHO). Alliance for health policy and systems research
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health services, health policy
This video was produced by the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research. It features experts and policy-makers from low and middle income countries providing their views on systems thinking and its potential contribution to health systems strengthening in developing countries.
Carnemark, Curt and Guni, Guenter and Burger, Steve | 2010
- Author(s): Carnemark, Curt and Guni, Guenter and Burger, Steve
- Publisher: Futures group
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health services, maternal health services, family planning, guatemala, kenya
Involving the poor in identifying barriers to services and designing appropriate policy responses is a vital step toward reducing inequities in healthcare access and use. Viewpoints from users and non-users are important to understand why underserved populations are not using services.
Carrin, Guy | 2007
- Author(s): Carrin, Guy
- Publisher: South African medical journal (SAMJ)
- Pages: 130--135
- Keywords: health economics, health insurance, health policy, kenya
This publication discusses the proposed Kenya’s National Social Health Insurance Fund (NSHIF). The main objective of implementation of a well-run and effective NSHIF is nothing less than granting all population groups, including the poor, access to a comprehensive benefit package of health services.