Health and Poverty

The world health report 2008 : primary health care : now more than ever

Evans, Tim | cop. 2008
  • Author(s): Evans, Tim
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: primary health care, public health, health statistics
This World Health Report revisits the ambitious vision of primary health care as a set of values and principles for guiding the development of health systems.

Trends in out-of-pocket payments for health care in Kyrgyzstan, 2001-2007

Falkingham, Jane and Akkazieva, Baktygul and Baschieri, Angela | 2010
  • Author(s): Falkingham, Jane and Akkazieva, Baktygul and Baschieri, Angela
  • Publisher: Oxford university press [etc.]
  • Pages: 427--436
  • Keywords: health economics, health policy, health services, poverty, kyrgyzstan
This article discusses trends in out-of-pocket payments for health care in Kyrgyzstan over the period 2001-2007, when reforms of the system of health care finance were being rolled out. It shows that there has been a significant improvement in financial access to health care amongst the population.

Cordaid-IICD health programme Uganda : health management information systems as a tool for organisational development

Fenenga, Christine and Jager, Arjan de | 2007
  • Author(s): Fenenga, Christine and Jager, Arjan de
  • Publisher: International institute for communication and development (IICD) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health information, poverty, health programmes, uganda
This paper reports on the experiences of the Health Management Information System (HMIS) programme in Uganda. It evaluates the project against a background of organizational development and draws lessons that may provide guidance to new HMIS projects in the development context.

Ministry of health user fees, equity and decentralization : lessons from Honduras

Fiedler, John L. and Suazo, Javier | 2002
  • Author(s): Fiedler, John L. and Suazo, Javier
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 362--377
  • Keywords: health programmes, use studies, cost effectiveness, community participation, health economics, honduras
This article examines the performance and equity in financing of the Honduras Ministry of Health’s decentralized user fee system.

Addressing poverty : a guide for considering poverty-related and other inequities in health

Fleischman Foreit, Karen G. | 2008
  • Author(s): Fleischman Foreit, Karen G.
  • Publisher: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Carolina population center. MEASURE evaluation
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, health policy, poverty
This guide provides concrete, practical recommendations for USAID Mission Population, Health and Nutrition (PHN) teams that wish to consider, design, or refine activities to address poverty and/or other inequities in health.
 

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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).