Health and Poverty

Health workforce attrition in the public sector in Kenya : a look at the reasons

Chankova, Slavea and Muchiri, Stephen and Kombe, Gilbert | 2009
  • Author(s): Chankova, Slavea and Muchiri, Stephen and Kombe, Gilbert
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health personnel, public health, kenya
This article discusses the findings on human resources for health attrition from a nationwide health facility survey in the public health sector in Kenya. The survey documented the overall rate and reasons for attrition among key cadres of health workers, including doctors and nurses.

Impact of mutual health organizations : evidence from west Africa

Chankova, Slavea and Sulzbach, Sara and Diop, François | 2008
  • Author(s): Chankova, Slavea and Sulzbach, Sara and Diop, François
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 264--276
  • Keywords: health economics, health insurance, community participation, health services, west africa, ghana, mali, senegal
This study investigated the determinants of enrolment in mutual health organizations (MHOs), and the impact of MHO membership on use of health care services and on out-of-pocket health care expenditures for outpatient care and hospitalization.

Improving health outcomes for the poor in Uganda : current status and implications for health sector development

Chao, Shiyan | cop. 2005
  • Author(s): Chao, Shiyan
  • Publisher: World bank. Africa region. Human development sector
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, health care delivery, disease control, health policy, health economics, uganda
This report aims to provide a better understanding of the connections between health outcomes and poverty in Uganda and the performance of the health system in targeting the poor.

Improving health for the poor in Mozambique : the fight continues

Chao, Shiyan and Kostermans, Kees | 2002
  • Author(s): Chao, Shiyan and Kostermans, Kees
  • Publisher: World bank. Africa region. Human development sector
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, poverty, mozambique
This report attempts to summarize key aspects of the knowledge base upon which the health sector strategy was built. It documents how health sector development, debt relief, and poverty reduction strategies can work together to produce substantial and sustainable progress in the health sector.

Poor access to health services : ways Ethiopia is overcoming it

Chaya, Nada | 2007
  • Author(s): Chaya, Nada
  • Publisher: Population action international (PAI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, health programmes, poverty, ethiopia
This article describes programs that are working to improve equity of health service delivery within the context of available infrastructure and weak systems in Ethiopia.
 

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