Title:
Pro-poor health policies in poverty reduction strategies
Authors:
Laterveer, Leontien and Niessen, Louis W. and Yazbeck, Abdo S.
Year:
2003
Journal:
Health policy and planning
Volume:
18(2003)2
PAGE:
138--145
Subject:
Health and Poverty
Keywords:
health policy, poverty alleviation, health economics, development policy
Abstract:
This study assesses the extent to which the first batch of interim PRSPs actually addresses the health of the poor and vulnerable. A literature study was used to design and test a semi-quantitative approach to assess the pro-poor focus of health policies in national documents.
URL:
http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/18/2/138.pdf
Document type:
Portal