Health and Poverty

How pro-poor are infectious disease programmes?

Thiede, Michael H. and Castillo-Riquelme, Marianela | 2010
  • Author(s): Thiede, Michael H. and Castillo-Riquelme, Marianela
  • Publisher: UNICEF/UNDP/World bank/WHO special programme for research and training in tropical diseases (TDR)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health policy, health programmes, disease control, poverty
This review demonstrates that the pro-poor effectiveness of infectious disease interventions has neither been a priority in programme development nor has it been addressed articulately in research.

Choice of healthcare provider following reform in Vietnam

Thuan, Nguyen Thi Bich | 2008
  • Author(s): Thuan, Nguyen Thi Bich
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, health economics, health services, poverty, vietnam
This paper discusses (a) the current pattern of healthcare in a rural district of Vietnam in relation to the choice of provider, and (b) household expenditure for different providers following the transition from a socialist system to a market economy in Vietnam from 1989 until 2002.

Meeting human resources for health staffing goals by 2018 : a quantitative analysis of policy options in Zambia

Tjoa, Aaron | 2010
  • Author(s): Tjoa, Aaron
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health personnel, zambia
This article describes a model to forecast the size of the public sector health workforce to identify a combination of interventions that would expand the workforce to meet staffing targets. The key forecasting variables are training enrolment, graduation rates, and attrition of workforce staff.

Why do health systems matter? : exploring links between health systems and HIV response : a case study from Russia

Tkatchenko-Schmidt, Elena | 2010
  • Author(s): Tkatchenko-Schmidt, Elena
  • Publisher: Oxford university press [etc.]
  • Pages: 283--291
  • Keywords: health care delivery, health policy, russia
This article examines the relationships between health system characteristics and the HIV response in Russia, the country which towards the end of the Soviet period had the world’s highest ratios of doctors and hospital beds to population and yet struggled to address the growing threat of HIV/AIDS.

Second chance for health reform in Colombia : Colombia has hit some hurdles in its initial attempts at health reform, as it struggles to deal with soaring costs, technical issues, and public participation

Tsai, Thomas C. | 2010
  • Author(s): Tsai, Thomas C.
  • Publisher: The Lancet
  • Pages: 109--110
  • Keywords: health economics, health insurance, health policy, colombia
This article reports about health reforms in Colombia and discusses questions of equity.
 

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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).