This report provides a comprehensive diagnostic of the labor market for health workers in Guinea-Bissau. It provides … the evidence base for a new strategic plan for health workforce development. The report analyzes three dimensions: (i … equations. The analysis accounts for both, health professionals (doctors, nurses, midwifes, technicians) and community health …

This volume contains thirteen papers prepared for the World Bank Conference on Innovations in Health Care Financing … for financing health care systems in developing countries. …

The appropriate role of the state in health is complex both in economic theory and in practice. Theory identifies three …); and failings peculiar to insurance markets for health care (where both inefficiency and inequity arise). The insurance … to finance an increasing share of health care as incomes rise. …

This paper surveys health reform in the former Soviet countries of Central Asia. Reform efforts are evaluated in the … context of achieving the goals of improving people's health status, maintaining acces and equity, improving efficiency …

In low-income countries, formal health systems are stretched thin, and rural and underserved areas often lack adequate …. Mozambique was no exception. The country had particularly poor health outcomes among its peers, with high rates of stunting (40 … adhered to, and there were high levels of dropout for child immunization. To improve health outcomes, Mozambique would have to …

environmental risk to health and the cause of morbidity and mortality from diseases such as ischemic heart disease, lung cancer …-income countries. This report provides an estimate of the global, regional, and national costs of health damage-that is, premature … of global gross domestic product in the same year. Global health crises further highlight the need for continued action …

conducted as a baseline for health sector reform plans, to inform policymaking as Lao PDR scales-up programs to attain health …While on-track for child health and maternal health MDGs, Lao PDR continues to have some of the worst maternal and … child health (MCH) outcomes, both globally and in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. Under-five and infant mortality …

Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with materanal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100 … addressed - the low utilization of maternal health (MH) services and weak financial protection, especially among the lower … wealth quintiles, in order to improve the level and equity of maternal health. In order to address these financial barriers …