Health and Poverty

Vouchers to improve access by the poor to reproductive health services : design and early implementation experience of a pilot voucher scheme in Agra district, Uttar Pradesh, India

Donaldson, Dayl and Sethi, Himani and Sharma, Suneeta | 2008
  • Author(s): Donaldson, Dayl and Sethi, Himani and Sharma, Suneeta
  • Publisher: Futures group international [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, health policy, poverty, india
This report summarizes the findings of a study conducted by a USAID project team to document the administrative, political, and technical steps taken during the design, planning, and early implementation phases of the Agra Voucher Scheme in India.

How did Sierra Leone provide free health care?

Donnelly, John | 2011
  • Author(s): Donnelly, John
  • Publisher: The Lancet
  • Pages: 1393--1396
  • Keywords: health care delivery, health economics, sierra leone
On April 27, 2010, Sierra Leone started free health care for pregnant women, new mothers, and young children. In this article in the Lancet, John Donnelly takes an in-depth look at how the war-torn nation managed it.

Migration of nurses from sub-Saharan Africa : a review of issues and challenges

Dovlo, Delanyo | 2007
  • Author(s): Dovlo, Delanyo
  • Publisher: Health research and educational trust (HRET)
  • Pages: 1373--1388
  • Keywords: health personnel, nurses, africa south of sahara
This paper was commissioned by AcademyHealth to identify and review reports, documents and data relating to nursing workforce dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with the objective of analyzing, synthesizing, and presenting key information on nurse migration in the region.

Wastage in the health workforce : some perspectives from African countries

Dovlo, Delanyo | 2005
  • Author(s): Dovlo, Delanyo
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health personnel, health policy, health services, africa
This paper is a desk review to illustrate suggestions that the way human resources for health (HRH) are trained and deployed in Africa does not enhance productivity and that countries are unable to realize the full potential expected from the working life of their health workers.

Private health insurance for the poor in developing countries

Drechsler, Denis and Jütting, Johannes | 2005
  • Author(s): Drechsler, Denis and Jütting, Johannes
  • Publisher: [Organisation for economic co-operation and development] (OECD). Development centre
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health economics, health insurance, poverty
This paper assesses the potentials and risks of private health insurance markets for the poor. It discusses the pros and cons of private health insurance in terms of efficiency and equity in providing access to health care.
 

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