Health and Poverty

Progress in health in Eritrea : cost-effective inter-sectoral interventions and a long-term perspective

Rodriguez Pose, Romina and Samuels, Fiona | cop. 2011
  • Author(s): Rodriguez Pose, Romina and Samuels, Fiona
  • Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, health policy, eritrea
Eritrea is one of the poorest countries in the world, nonetheless, it is one of the few countries expected to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the health sector in general and in child health in particular.

Rwanda's progress in health : leadership, performance and insurance

Rodriguez Pose, Romina and Samuels, Fiona | cop. 2011
  • Author(s): Rodriguez Pose, Romina and Samuels, Fiona
  • Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, health policy, rwanda
By 1994, after four years of civil war and genocide which took the lives of almost 1 million people, Rwanda was in a state of almost total collapse. And yet, in only 16 years, the country has made remarkable improvements in the health status of its population.

Building capacity in health facility management : guiding principles for skills transfer in Liberia

Rowe, Laura A. | 2010
  • Author(s): Rowe, Laura A.
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health personnel, health policy, health services, liberia
This article describes a health management delivery program in which a north and south institution collaborated to integrate classroom and field-based training in health management and to transfer the capacity for sustained management development in Liberia.

Equity implications of coverage and use of insecticide treated nets distributed for free or with co-payment in two districts in Tanzania : a cross-sectional comparative household survey

Ruhago, George M. and Mujinja, Phares G.M. and Norheim, Ole F. | 2011
  • Author(s): Ruhago, George M. and Mujinja, Phares G.M. and Norheim, Ole F.
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, disease control, malaria, tanzania
In Tanzania, the distribution and coverage of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) is inequitable. This study examined the equity implications of ownership and use of ITNs in households from different socioeconomic quintiles in a district with free ITNs and a district without free ITN distribution.

Changing poor mothers' care-seeking behaviors in response to childhood illness : findings from a cross-sectional study in Granada, Nicaragua

Sakisaka, Kayako and Jimba, Masamine and Hanada, Kyo | 2010
  • Author(s): Sakisaka, Kayako and Jimba, Masamine and Hanada, Kyo
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, nicaragua
This study examined poor mothers' care-seeking behaviors in response to childhood illness, and identified factors affecting their choices. It also assessed mothers' perception of the medical services and their confidence in the health care available for their children.
 

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