Health and Poverty

Human resources for health in southeast Asia : shortages, distributional challenges, and international trade in health services

Kanchanachitra, Churnrurtai | 2011
  • Author(s): Kanchanachitra, Churnrurtai
  • Publisher: The Lancet
  • Pages: 769--781
  • Keywords: health services, health care delivery, health personnel, south east asia
This paper addresses the issues of shortage and maldistribution of health personnel in southeast Asia in the context of the international trade in health services.

Are we reaching the poor and vulnerable? : interpretation of data for policy implementation : a review of findings from Kenyan health system related studies

Kandimaa Matterson, Anna-Carin and Moeller, Michael | 2010
  • Author(s): Kandimaa Matterson, Anna-Carin and Moeller, Michael
  • Publisher: German technical cooperation (GTZ) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health policy, health services research, kenya
This paper consolidates recent evidence about inequalities in the Kenyan health system and provides a picture of the equity challenges the Kenyan Health Sector faces.

Local production of pharmaceuticals : industrial policy and access to medicines : an overview of key concepts, issues and opportunities for future research

Kaplan, Warren A. and Laing, Richard | 2005
  • Author(s): Kaplan, Warren A. and Laing, Richard
  • Publisher: World bank
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: medical supplies, health policy, poverty
This paper summarizes the issues surrounding 'local production' from a policy and public health viewpoint. It provides four brief country-level case studies, and reviews the evidence supporting the industrial policy assumptions underlying the goal of local production.

Asia Pacific action alliance on human resources for health

Karakanin, Busaba | 2008-
  • Author(s): Karakanin, Busaba
  • Publisher: Asia Pacific action alliance on human resources for health (AAAHRH)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health personnel, human resources, poverty, asia
Website of the Asia Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resources for Health (AAAH), a regional partnership in response to international recognition of the need for global and regional action to strengthen country capacity for HRH planning and management.

Poverty status and health equity : evidence from rural Bangladesh

Karim, F. | 2006
  • Author(s): Karim, F.
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • Pages: 193--205
  • Keywords: health services, poverty, public health, bangladesh
The present study, using equity terms, examined the use of health services in two rural areas of Bangladesh.
 

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