Health and Poverty

Community health insurance amidst abolition of user fees in Uganda : the view from policy makers and health service managers

Basaza, Robert K. and Criel, Bart and Van der Stuyft, Patrick | 2010
  • Author(s): Basaza, Robert K. and Criel, Bart and Van der Stuyft, Patrick
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health economics, health insurance, health services, health policy, uganda
This paper investigates knowledge of Community Health Insurance (CHI) and the perception of its relevance by key policy makers and health service managers in Uganda.

Guyana's poverty reduction strategy and social expenditure

Bedi, Arjun S. and Jong, Niek de | 2010
  • Author(s): Bedi, Arjun S. and Jong, Niek de
  • Publisher: Erasmus university Rotterdam. International institute of social studies (ISS)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health economics, health policy, poverty alleviation, guyana
In 1997, Guyana started to receive debt relief under the HIPC Initiative. In 2001 Guyana developed a Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS). This paper examines whether the HIPC initiatives and the accompanying PRS have translated into increases in the level and quality of social expenditure.

Health workforce \"innovative approaches and promising practices\" study : incorporating lay human resources to increase accessibility to antiretroviral therapy : a home-based approach in Uganda

Benavides, Bruno and Caffrey, Margaret | 2006
  • Author(s): Benavides, Bruno and Caffrey, Margaret
  • Publisher: Capacity project
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: therapeutics, aids, pharmaceuticals, health personnel, human resources, uganda
This report provides details of the human resources practices developed by TASO for attracting, selecting, recruiting, training, deploying, supporting and retaining a workforce of 89 field officers. It discusses the lessons learned the recommendations for this approach in other settings.

The role of community-based health insurance within the health care financing system : a framework for analysis

Bennett, Sara | 2004
  • Author(s): Bennett, Sara
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 147--158
  • Keywords: health insurance, community participation, health economics, health policy
This paper aims to set out a preliminary conceptual framework for understanding how community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes interact with other elements of a health care financing system, and highlights the kind of research questions raised by such a framework.

Social determinants of health in Tunisia : the case-analysis of Ariana

Ben Romdhane, Habiba and Grenier, Francis R. | 2009
  • Author(s): Ben Romdhane, Habiba and Grenier, Francis R.
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, poverty, tunisia
Article about the access to health care, changes in lifestyles, housing issues and gender-related inequities as prime, socially-determined elements that affect health in Ariana. An analyze of social determinants of health impact in cities in North Africa.
 

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