Health and Poverty

At a crossroads : Sierra Leone's free health care policy : health is a human right

| 2011
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Amnesty international
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, maternal health services, health economics, maternal welfare, health policy, sierra leone
In this report, Amnesty International examines how gaps in monitoring and accountability are undermining the success of the recent health care reforms in Sierra Leone, in particular free access to essential drugs in pregnancy and childbirth.

The EQUITY framework : influencing policy and financing reforms to increase family planning access for the poor in Kenya

| 2010
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Futures group
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal health services, family planning, health policy, health programmes, finance, health care delivery, health economics, kenya
This report summarizes a two-year activity that aimed to integrate equity goals and pro-poor strategies into Kenya’s National Reproductive Health Strategy, adopted in 2009.

Access barriers to the use of health care in Ghana

| 2010
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: University of Cape Town (UCT) etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, health economics, health insurance, ghana
This information sheet outlines the key factors that deter people from accessing health care in Ghana (including economic, geographic, organisational, socio-cultural and informational factors). It also highlights some perspectives on this matter from the point of view of health care providers.

Achieving the MDGs by investing in human resources for health

| 2010
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Health workforce advocacy initiative (HWAI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health personnel, health policy, health economics
The conclusion of this initiative is that without more - and smarter - investments in the health workforce, the health MDGs will remain out of reach for many countries, and many people’s lives will needlessly, tragically, be lost.

Plan Nacer : health insurance for the poor in Argentina : results-based financing secures health insurance and services for the poor : IBRD results

| 2010
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World bank
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health economics, health insurance, health care delivery, argentina
Drawing upon IBRD funding and expertise since 2002, Argentina has delivered health insurance and secure access to health services to more than one million uninsured pregnant women and children, and has helped drive immunization rates up to 94 percent.
 

About this portal

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).