Health and Poverty

Linking disease control programmes in rural Africa : a pro-poor strategy to reach Abuja targets and millennium development goals

Molyneux, David H. and Nantulya, Vinand M. | 2004
  • Author(s): Molyneux, David H. and Nantulya, Vinand M.
  • Publisher: BMJ publishing group]
  • Pages: 1129--1132
  • Keywords: health care delivery, poverty, public health
This article suggests how progress could be increased through linking disease control or elimination programmes under way in Africa to malaria control programmes.

Kenya : reaching the poor through the private sector : a network model for expanding access to reproductive health services

Montagu, Dominic | 2005
  • Author(s): Montagu, Dominic
  • Publisher: World bank
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, poverty, kenya
The central question addressed in this study is whether it is possible to offer reproductive health services through a network of private sector, for-profit providers without exacerbating inequity in access to these services.

An assessment of the health financing system in Tanzania

Mtei, Gemini | 2007
  • Author(s): Mtei, Gemini
  • Publisher: University of Cape Town (UCT)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, health economics, health insurance, tanzania
This report presents the findings from Work Package 1 in Tanzania. The aim of this work package is to provide a critical evaluation of the current health system, document existing health financing initiatives and map the flows of funds within the current arrangements of the financing system.

Who pays for health care in Tanzania?

Mtei, Gemini and Borghi, Josephine | 2010
  • Author(s): Mtei, Gemini and Borghi, Josephine
  • Publisher: University of Cape Town (UCT) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health economics, health policy, tanzania
This information sheet provides an overview of which sources of funds are used to finance health care and how the burden of financing is distributed across socio-economic groups.

An assessment of health care financing progressivity in Tanzania

Mtei, Gemini and Borghi, Jo | 2010
  • Author(s): Mtei, Gemini and Borghi, Jo
  • Publisher: University of Cape Town (UCT)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, health economics, tanzania
This report provides results of the study on financing incidence of different health care financing sources in Tanzania conducted under the SHIELD project.
 

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