Axelson, Henrik and Kinney, Mary V. | 2009]
- Author(s): Axelson, Henrik and Kinney, Mary V.
- Publisher: s.n.
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health care delivery, maternal and child health, health information, health policy, ghana, cameroon, kenya, nigeria, senegal, uganda, south africa
This publication presents an overview of the current status of maternal, newborn, and child health in sub-Saharan Africa and reports a new analysis of how many lives could be saved if science translated into action through health systems.
Babigumira, Joseph B. | 2009
- Author(s): Babigumira, Joseph B.
- Publisher: BioMed central
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health personnel, poverty, uganda
Lower-income countries face severe health worker shortages. Recent evidence suggests that this problem can be mitigated by task-shifting-delegation of aspects of health care to less specialized health workers. This article estimates the potential impact of task-shifting on costs in Uganda.
Backman, Gunilla | 2008
- Author(s): Backman, Gunilla
- Publisher: The Lancet
- Pages: 2047--2085
- Keywords: health services, health policy, health indicators, human rights, poverty
The right to the highest attainable standard of health is central to the creation of equitable health systems. This article identifies some of the right-to-health features of health systems, such as a comprehensive national health plan, and proposes 72 indicators that reflect some of these features.
Baile, Stephanie | cop. 2003
- Author(s): Baile, Stephanie
- Publisher: Organisation for economic co-operation and development (OECD) [etc.]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health policy, poverty, guidelines
This DAC Reference Document on Poverty and Health, jointly published by the OECD and WHO, provides a framework for action within the health system - and beyond it, through policies in other sectors and through global initiatives. The document is aimed at a broad range of development agency staff.
Bakeera, Solome K. | 2009
- Author(s): Bakeera, Solome K.
- Publisher: BioMed central
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health care delivery, poverty, uganda
Article about barriers to healthcare utilization exist for all the wealth categories along three different axes including: the health seeking process; health services delivery; and the ownership of livelihood assets. The 'poorest' wealth category was keen to utilize free public health services.