Health and Poverty

Targeting poverty and gender inequality to improve maternal health

Paruzzolo, Silvia | 2010
  • Author(s): Paruzzolo, Silvia
  • Publisher: Women deliver
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: gender, poverty, reproductive health, health services, maternal health services, maternal welfare, maternal mortality, health programmes
This paper examines the ways in which poverty and gender inequality pose significant barriers to maternal health care access and utilization, and thereby impact maternal mortality.

Can working with the private for-profit sector improve utilization of quality health services by the poor? : a systematic review of the literature

Patouillard, Edith | 2007
  • Author(s): Patouillard, Edith
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, health economics, poverty
This presents the results of a systematic review on the effectiveness of working with private for-profit providers to reach the poor.

Allocating public resources for health : developing pro-poor approaches

Pearson, Mark | cop. 2002
  • Author(s): Pearson, Mark
  • Publisher: DFID. Health systems resource centre (HSRC)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health economics, health policy, health services, health care delivery, poverty, cambodia, south africa, uganda
This paper focuses on the allocation of public resources, and the extent to which different approaches enable poor people to access essential health services.

Health equity issues at the local level : socio-geography, access, and health outcomes in the service area of the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer-Haiti

Perry, Henry B. | 2007
  • Author(s): Perry, Henry B.
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services research, health care delivery, poverty, haiti
This article reports findings of an equity assessment at a local level, the geographic area served by the programs of the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti.

India : equity effects of quality improvements on health service utilization and patient satisfaction in Uttar Pradesh state

Peters, David and Rao, Krishna and Ramana, G.N.V. | 2004
  • Author(s): Peters, David and Rao, Krishna and Ramana, G.N.V.
  • Publisher: World bank
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, health programmes, health services, poverty, india
This study investigates the impact of a health systems development project on utilization of health services and patient satisfaction for the poor. The project introduced management training, new staffing and service patterns, provision of essential drugs, and repair of equipment and facilities.
 

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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).