Health and Poverty

Utilisation, contents and costs of prenatal care under a rural health insurance (New co-operative medical system) in rural China : lessons from implementation

Long, Qian | 2010
  • Author(s): Long, Qian
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal health services, health insurance, rural areas, china
This study describes prenatal care use, content and costs of care in one county where prenatal care is included in the NCMS and two counties where it is not. It explores perceptions of stakeholders to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the approach in the context of rural China.

Review of the state of health in Tanzania 2004

Lorenz, Nicolaus and Mpemba, Cyprian | 2005
  • Author(s): Lorenz, Nicolaus and Mpemba, Cyprian
  • Publisher: Swiss tropical institute. Swiss centre for international health
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, poverty, tanzania
The objective of this study is among other things to provide an overview on the health situation in Tanzania, to assess improvements in public health service delivery and to comment on the perception of health services and equity in accessing health care.

Public financing of health in developing countries : a cross-national systematic analysis

Lu, Chunling | 2010
  • Author(s): Lu, Chunling
  • Publisher: The Lancet
  • Pages: 1375--1387
  • Keywords: health economics, health policy, health information, health statistics
This article presents a systematic analysis of all data sources available for government spending on health in developing countries as well as a description of trends in public financing of health.

Protecting the poor against health shocks

Lucas, Henry and Bloom, Gerry | 2006]
  • Author(s): Lucas, Henry and Bloom, Gerry
  • Publisher: BRAC. Research and evaluation division (RED)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health, diseases, households, poverty
This paper explores the multiple pathways by which health shocks can impact on the well-being of poor households and individuals.

Deficient supplies of drugs for life threatening diseases in an African community

Lufesi, Norman N. and Andrew, Marit and Aursnes, Ivar | 2007
  • Author(s): Lufesi, Norman N. and Andrew, Marit and Aursnes, Ivar
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: medical care, essential drugs, disease control, malawi
This study investigated the management of the drug supplies for common and life threatening diseases such as pneumonia and malaria in a random selection of health centres in Malawi.
 

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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).