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.
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.
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.
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.
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.