Health and Poverty

How microfinance can work for the poor : the case for integrating microfinance with education and health services

Dunford, Christopher | [2007]
  • Author(s): Dunford, Christopher
  • Publisher: World bank. Consultative group to assist the poor (CGAP). Microfinance gateway
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, health economics, health insurance
This paper examines the development of a strategy that can offer the poor access to a coordinated combination of microfinance and other development services to meet their multifaceted needs.

Scaling up the stock of health workers : a review

Dussault, Gilles | cop. 2009
  • Author(s): Dussault, Gilles
  • Publisher: International council of nurses. International centre for human resources in nursing (ICHRN) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, health personnel, health policy
This paper synthesises some of the published and grey literature on the process of scaling up the health workforce with a particular focus on increasing the number of trained providers of health services. It mainly focuses on low- and middle-income countries.

Configuring balanced scorecards for measuring health system performance : evidence from 5 years' evaluation in Afghanistan

Edward, Anbrasi | 2011
  • Author(s): Edward, Anbrasi
  • Publisher: Public library of science (PLoS) medicine]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, health indicators, evaluation, afghanistan
In 2004, Afghanistan pioneered a balanced scorecard (BSC) performance system to manage the delivery of primary health care services. This study examines the trends of 29 key performance indicators over a 5-year period between 2004 and 2008.

NGOs and government partnership for health systems strengthening : a qualitative study presenting viewpoints of government, NGOs and donors in Pakistan

Ejaz, Iram and Shaikh, Babar T. and Rizvi, Narjis | 2011
  • Author(s): Ejaz, Iram and Shaikh, Babar T. and Rizvi, Narjis
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, health policy, pakistan
This article reports on a qualitative study comprising in-depth interviews capturing the perceptions of the government functionaries, NGO representatives and donor community about the role and position of NGOs in health systems strengthening in Pakistan's context.

Health insurance reform in Vietnam : a review of recent developments and future challenges

Ekman, Bjِrn | 2008
  • Author(s): Ekman, Bjِrn
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 252--263
  • Keywords: health economics, health insurance, vietnam
Vietnam is undertaking health financing reform with a view to achieve universal coverage of health insurance within the coming years. To date, around half of the population is covered with some type of health insurance or prepayment. This paper reviews the health insurance reforms in Vietnam.
 

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